Covid: Six people can meet in homes as Welsh lockdown rules ease

Covid: Six people can meet in homes as Welsh lockdown rules ease

Six people can meet in xo private homes and a law restricting the number people meeting outside is scrapped on Saturday as Welsh lockdown rules ease further.

The Welsh government's Covid response relaxation gives outdoor events "flexibility around social distancing" as Wales moves into alert level one.

Organised indoor events can also start taking place with up to 1,000 people seated and 200 standing from Saturday.

The easing comes despite Covid rates rising to 156 cases per 100,000 people.

The rise in the more transmissible Delta variant has seen infection rates rise but hospital rates of Covid patients remain relatively low compared to the pandemic height in December and January.

Wales has the lowest Covid case rate of the UK nations and one of the world's leading vaccination rollouts but First Minister Mark Drakeford has urged the public to remain vigilant.

"The pandemic is not over and the virus continues to spread across Wales," he warned, as the move to the lower alert level was announced on Wednesday.

"We have the headroom to continue to gradually remove restrictions, but each and every one of us has a really important part to play to keep Wales safe as we head into the summer."

The latest vaccination figures for Wales on Friday showed that 75% of adults in Wales have now had both doses.

The Welsh government said the uptake has meant the link between infections and serious illness has been "weakened".