Covid: People in Wales asked to delay holidays abroad

Covid: People in Wales asked to delay holidays abroad

People in Wales are being advised to ทางเข้า slotxo only travel abroad for "essential" reasons for at least three more weeks.

UK government advice is that people in England can holiday abroad to a small number of countries from Monday.

But Welsh ministers said people in Wales should only go abroad from 17 May for "essential purposes".

It comes as First Minister Mark Drakeford will say Wales is to move into Covid alert level two from Monday.

He is due to make the announcement at the next Welsh government Covid restrictions review press conference.

Concern over Indian variant
Mr Drakeford said officials "decided to hold back" on relaxing some lockdown restrictions on Monday due to concerns about the Indian variant.

He said 17 cases of the variant had been confirmed in Wales yesterday, and more than 700 in England.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Drakeford admitted the travel advice was not a rule because it would be "unenforceable", but urged caution against "importing" coronavirus from other parts of the world.

"We know most people who travel from Wales will be doing it from Bristol, Manchester, London, so once those airports are open and travel across the UK is allowed, then people from Wales will be able to travel," he said.

How have businesses reacted?
Mr Drakeford's announcement means indoor hospitality businesses and indoor entertainment venues will be able to reopen from Monday.

There will also be an increase in the number of people able to attend organised indoor and outdoor activities from Monday

Ellen Morris, the owner of two pubs in Bala, Gwynedd, welcomed the relaxation of the rules but said it would be difficult to police rules which dictate only six people from six different household can meet.

"They are grown adults - they should be able to decide, it shouldn't be me telling them you can do this," she told BBC Radio Wales.