Wales will enter alert level two on Monday, WalesOnline understands.
Mark Drakeford is also expected to announce that international travel will be allowed to resume on the same day, May 17. The Welsh Government will put extra safeguards in place for people returning from some countries to prevent coronavirus re-entering Wales. It is also advising people to only travel abroad for essential purposes.
WalesOnline has also learnt that on Friday Mark Drakeford will confirm that all remaining indoor tourism accommodation will reopen and indoor attractions like cinemas, bowling alleys, and theatres, as well as stately homes, are also expected to be able to welcome people back.
There will also be an increase in the number of people able to attend organised indoor and outdoor events.
The Welsh Government had already announced that hospitality venues would be allowed to open indoors from Monday, May 17.
Changes set to be announced for Monday, May 17:
- Indoor hospitality can re-open to six people from up to six households (not including children under 11).
- All holiday accommodation can re-open fully.
- Entertainment venues, including cinemas, bingo halls, bowling alleys, indoor-play centres and areas, casinos, amusement arcades, and theatres can re-open.
- Cinemas, theatres concert halls and sports grounds can sell food and drink as long as it is consumed in a seated area for watching the performance.
- Indoor visitor attractions, including museums and galleries can re-open.
- Up to 30 people can take part in organised indoor activities and up to 50 people in organised outdoor activities, including wedding receptions.
Changes set to take place from June 7:
Should the situation remain positive, the Welsh Government is set to look at the following changes to come into force from June 7:
- Further changes to meeting people in private homes.
- Increasing the number of people who can meet outdoors and the number of people who can attend organised activities and events, including wedding receptions, to 50 indoors and 100 outdoors.
- Permitting larger-scale events to take place indoors and outdoors.
How will international travel work?
International travel will resume from Monday, May 17. A traffic light system, as is in place with England and Scotland, is set to be introduced with countries will be classified as green, amber and red.
This means people living in Wales will be able to travel to a small number of foreign destinations without the need to quarantine on their return but you will have to quarantine if you've been to countries not on the green list.
From Monday, 24 May, a paper-based vaccination status will be available for people in Wales who have had two doses of vaccination and need to urgently travel to a country that requires Covid-19 vaccination proof. The Welsh Government continues to advise people to only travel abroad for essential purposes.
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The traffic light system in place in England, which Wales will align with, rules that travellers to countries rated green will not need to isolate on their return, but they will need to take a Covid-19 test before and after their trip.
The countries which are on the UK Government's green list are Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira), Israel and Jerusalem, Gibraltar, Iceland, Singapore, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, New Zealand, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Arrivals from amber countries will still need to quarantine, while red-list countries have the strictest rules, with only UK or Irish nationals, or UK residents, allowed to return - and they must pay for a 10-day stay in a Government quarantine hotel.
