Stormont ministers will consider a range of proposed relaxations to Covid-19 rules on international travel later today. Health Minister Robin Minister has circulated a paper to executive colleagues proposing that the region follows the rest of the UK from Monday by allowing travellers from EU amber countries and the US who are fully vaccinated to enter without the need to quarantine.
The PA news agency understands that Mr Swann will also bring a proposal to the executive that Uefa VIP guests and Villarreal fans travelling to attend the Super Cup in Belfast on 11 August are exempted from isolation.
Chelsea fans travelling from England for the showpiece match are already not subject to any travel restrictions. Other proposals on travel to be