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Welsh playgrounds, community centres, beauty salons and tattoo parlours allowed to reopen this month

Playgrounds and community centres will open from July 20, ahead of the summer holidays, Mark Drakeford will announce today.

In a three-week package of measures to further lift Wales’ coronavirus restrictions the First Minister will also reveal that the wider beauty industry, including tattooists can prepare to re-open from July 27 if conditions allow.

Mr Drakeford will also confirm that from Monday, hairdressing salons will be able to reopen by appointment, as will restaurants, pubs and cafés with outdoor areas.

A Welsh Government spokesman said: "The measures will be phased in every Monday over the next three weeks and will see large parts of Wales’ visitor, hospitality, leisure and tourism industries start to re-open."

International Relations Minister Eluned Morgan previously told bars, restaurants and cafés with outdoor space to prepare to re-open from July 13.

Although since then a number of businesses, most notably Brains, have said they will only welcome back customers when they could re-open fully, indoors and out.

Other brewers have said the would struggle to stock pubs at short notice given the time it takes to brew beer.

Meanwhile hairdressers will operate an appointment only service with social distancing in place.

Also speaking three weeks ago, Mr Drakeford said: "Hairdressers should make preparations to resume services by appointment only with all the necessary safeguarding in place.

"We'll be talking to the representative bodies in those sectors who can't cut hair at a two-metre distance so there will have to be some careful safety precautions put in place."

Follow live updates from today's Welsh Government press briefing here.

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