Baptist Pastor explains why he opened his church for worship despite coronavirus restrictions

Dec 7, 2020

Good afternoon

This is your daily coronavirus update from the News Letter.

Today the department of health revealed that another 9 people have died after testing positive for COVID-19. Their latest dashboard says that 1,059 people have now died with the virus.There are also 115 outbreaks of COVID-19 in NI Care Homes.

The PSNI is preparing a file to send to prosecutors over the ongoing refusal of a church in Co Armagh to cease worship due to the pandemic. In today’s edition of the News Letter, pastor David Patterson had set out in detail his stance on continuing to worship as a congregation.

And in breaking news it has been disclosed that 923 penalty notices have been issued over coronavirus regulations. Heftier penalties for breaching the regulations were agreed by the Stormont Executive in October and came into force on November 12.

Keep safe

Michael Cousins
Deputy digital editor

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