The Welsh Government is clamping down on people who try and dodge getting a Covid vaccine or taking a lateral flow test before heading to events like the rugby.
People who say they are exempt won't be able to attend large events any longer, the Welsh health minister has said.
According to Eluned Morgan there are between 300 and 500 people in all of Wales who are legitimately unable to have the vaccine or take a lateral flow test.
For everybody else they will have to be prepared to do one of the two options if they wish to get a Covid pass. In Wales, the passes are required for entry into nighclubs, cinemas, theatres, concert halls, outdoor non-seated events for more that 4,000 people or any event with more than 10,000 people in attendance.
Read what Eluned Morgan said about future restrictions and Christmas here
Ms Morgan told Plenery on Tuesday afternoon that "a great deal of work" had been done to look at the numbers of people who legitimately can't be vaccinated. She said: "We have analysed how many people can't be vaccinated and can't take a lateral flow test. We think that it's only between 100 and 500 people who are in that situation."
She added that much of the groundwork had been done to make sure those who are exempt can still get a Covid pass but they still needed to get the systems "speaking to each other". Progress had been slowed to allow officials to focus in the vaccination process but those individuals were now known.
Ms Morgan added: "So when people go to rugby games and say, 'I'm exempt'—they won't be able to do that anymore, because it will all be noted on a Covid pass. It will state clearly—if you're exempt, it will show up automatically."
She urged people in that situation to contact their doctor so their details could be input into the system.
The UK Government today confirmed that Covid passes would now never be based on vaccination alone. Their confirmation came after Sajid Javid told the Commons a negative lateral flow test would always be able to be used to obtain a Covid pass. Asked whether the idea of vaccine-only passports was now abandoned, the Prime Minister's spokesman said: "Yeah, that's my understanding, we think this is the right balance."
Ms Morgan took the opportunity on Tuesday to highlight how Wales' approach to the booster vaccination rollout was different to England's.
"We are not going to have walk-ins as they are seeing in England," she said. "It's not going to be a free-for-all here. We will go in order....We don't want to see people shivering outside in the middle of winter as is happening in England. What's happening there is survival of the fittest. Those people who are fit who can queue outside can access the booster. So, we do have to operate by safeguarding those people who are most vulnerable. We are not going to apologise for that."
She added that Wales was adopting a system where people are jabbed according to age and how vulnerable they are.
She continued: "I know that people are uncomfortable with that, but that is what we have decided to do. We are following the guidance that we have received from the JCVI. So, there will be walk-ins, but they will be walk-ins for specific cohorts—for clinical at risk groups, for example. They will receive a message: 'Today is the day for your walk-in.' Or those people who are between 55 and 59— that cohort will find out which day they can go in."
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