There's no doubt the economy needed a lifeline and let's hope an easing of restrictions in the hospitality sector will provide this.
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As many who have ventured back into their favourite pubs and and restaurants will tell you, it's been great to see the beginnings of a return to normality.
However surely one of the most important changes in recent months has been the lifting of the number of people able to attend funerals, memorial services and gatherings immediately after funerals.
On Saturday, June 13, the general limit of 50 people was removed subject to certain conditions including the need to comply with the four-square metre rule and the adherence to the COVID-19 safety plan.
Deaths are difficult enough without the added stress of selecting those who can attend the funeral and then securing RSVPs from them.
Funerals offer comfort and support to those who have lost a loved one and without doubt it's been difficult for those who had to conduct funerals with a limited invitation list.
You need only to go on social media to see how some people, particularly young people, have turned to mediums such as Facebook to express their feelings of loss and sadness at a time when they would have expressed their feelings to each other, in person.
If there's on thing this pandemic has done it's to remind us all what's really important in life.