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Birmingham Post
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Owen Hughes

Pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes can reopen indoors in Wales from next week

Pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes will be able to re-open indoors from Monday in Wales.

This was confirmed by First Minister Mark Drakeford today ahead of a briefing at 12.30pm.

They will be able to open from August 3 along with indoor bowling alleys, auction houses and bingo halls.

He also told Radio 5 Live this morning that swimming pools, gyms and leisure centres can open on August 10.

Mark Drakeford, First Minister for Wales (Rob Browne)

He said: "Three main things in Wales today.

"We are going to allow hospitality to reopen indoors as from Monday, cafes, restaurants, pubs and so on.

"A week from Monday we will reopen swimming pools, gyms and leisure centres."

He added: "It is a very careful balancing act. The virus in Wales continues to fall."

He said we all had to be aware of the fact the virus had "not gone away".

Welsh Government said: "The First Minister will thank businesses for working with the Welsh Government and introducing new measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus but he will also warn action will be taken against those who ignore the measures designed to keep Wales safe."

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