WALES will ban visitors from the UK's Covid hotspots from today and is planning a three-week "fire-break" to halt the growth of cases.
Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford also announced today the Government is considering a circuit-breaker style lockdown for two or three weeks. After revealing plans to ban tourists crossing into Wales earlier in the week, ministers were accused of pursuing an anti-English agenda., adding "policing in Wales is already over-stretched due to the pandemic" and the new measures would add "yet another level of complexity to policing".
But people living in Covid hotspots elsewhere in the UK are currently free to enter the parts of Wales that are not under local lockdown.Scotland could also ban English people from Covid hotspots and follow Wales' lead. Elsewhere, Northern Ireland itself has been plunged into a month-long lockdown starting today, with pubs and restaurants shut, while schools will close for a fortnight., with Greater Manchester expected to follow soon.
Mark Drakeford will allow visitors from 🇧🇪 & other high Covid 19 areas to Wales as long as they self isolate 🙄. Hopefully he will be out next election.