Wales could be moving into alert level one Covid restrictions at the start of June
The announcement was made by First Minister Mark Drakeford at the Welsh Government press conference today where he said that, at the next three week review on June 4, Wales could move from level two to level one.
"If the public health situation remains positive, we will look at whether we can move to alert level one," he told the press conference at the same time he confirmed the reopening of indoor hospitality next week (from Monday, May 17).
"This will include looking at relaxing the rules further around meeting people in their own homes, increasing the number of people able to attend wedding receptions and restarting larger events, building on the experience of our pilot programme, which started yesterday."
You can see our full live coverage of the press conference here. We also sat down with Mr Drakeford on Friday morning and he laid out a bit more about his thinking in this interview.
So what would moving into level one mean?
There are a range of rules that would be lifted if Wales did move down the Covid alert levels. There is no guarantee all of these would happen at once because the First Minister has previously preferred not move en masse (though he has suggested this is more likely at lower alert levels).
The measures in level one would include:
- Up to six people from outside your household bubble meeting in private homes (now it is your bubble only).
- You can form a bubble with two households (now it is just one).
- Up to 30 people can meet outdoors (now it is the rule of six).
- Organised activities could have 50 people indoors and 100 outdoors (from next week it is 30 and 50 respectively). This will include weddings.
The First Minister has also indicated that events such as festivals and spectating at professional sporting events could be allowed though this will depend on a series of pilots taking place over the next three weeks.
You can read the full interview with the First Minister here.
