What Wales' lockdown traffic lights mean for schools, for seeing family, for work and shopping

A traffic light roadmap setting out how Wales could exit the lockdown has been unveiled today by the First Minister.

The Welsh Government's new traffic light system applies across Welsh life, including:

• Reopening schools and childcare facilities
• Seeing family and friends
• Getting around
• Playing sport games and relaxing
• Working or running a business
• Going shopping
• Using public services
• Practising faith and special occasions

The Welsh Government's plan is to move from lockdown to red, to amber and to green slowly - and to monitor hospital admissions and infections data throughout. If hospital admissions increase, then any changes could be reversed.

The First Minister has made clear that any increase in the rate of infection could cost huge numbers of lives across Wales.

See our full story on the lockdown exit plan announced by First Minister Mark Drakeford here, and follow live updates on the coronavirus outbreak on our dedicated blog.

The First Minister's full statement is here.

The lines in bold below indicate the level of lockdown Wales is at right now - largely in full lockdown with some areas having moved to red.

Schools and childcare

(Shared Content Unit)

Lockdown

• Closed except to key workers and vulnerable children.

• Outreach services in place.

Red

• No change, but able to manage increase in demand from children already eligible to attend schools and childcare.

Amber

• Priority groups of pupils to return to school in a phased approach.

• Increased numbers of children in childcare.

• All children and students able to access education.

• All children able to access childcare.

Seeing family and friends

(Shared Content Unit)

Lockdown

• Stay at home and contact only within households (limited exceptions).

Red

• Seeing one person from outside your household to provide or receive care or support whilst maintaining appropriate social distancing.

Amber

• Taking exercise with one other person or small group whilst maintaining appropriate social distancing.

Green

• Meeting one other person or small group to socialise whilst maintaining appropriate social distancing.

Getting around

(Runcorn Weekly News)

Lockdown

• Leave the house for essential travel only.

Red

• Local travel, including for click-and-collect retail.

• Promote active travel and adapt public transport for physical distancing.

• Allow outdoor leisure and recreation.

Amber

• Travel for leisure, access non-essential retail and services, and more people travelling to work.

Green

• Unrestricted travel subject to ongoing precautions.

Exercise, playing sport and games

(SHARED CONTENT UNIT)

Lockdown

• Exercise once a day outside of house on own or with household.

Red

• Exercise more than once a day and incidental activity locally.

• Outdoor sports courts to open.

• Elite athletes resume some activity.

Amber

• Team and individual sports, non-contact sport and games in small groups indoors and outdoors.

• Some outdoor events with limited capacity and events behind closed doors for broadcast.

Green

• All sports, leisure and cultural activities open, with physical distancing.

• All events resume with limited capacity.

Relaxing and special occasions

(PA Photo/iStock)

Lockdown

• Stay at home and only leave the house for essential purposes.

Red

• Some opening of outdoor cultural and other sites.

• Relaxation and leisure outdoors where local.

Amber

• More cultural and leisure sites to reopen (e.g. museums and galleries).

• Weddings and other events with limited capacity and physical distancing.

Green

• All special occasions and cultural and leisure activities permitted with precautions in place.

Working or running a business

(Shared Content Unit)

Lockdown

• Work from home if possible.

• List of businesses required to close.

• 2m requirement in workplaces where not possible to work from home.

Red

• More outdoor work and click-and-collect retail.

• Businesses not required to close (e.g. construction) reopening under safe working practices.

Amber

• Non-essential retail to reopen with physical distancing.

• Trial some personal services under appointment (e.g. hairdressers).

• Accommodation businesses open without shared facilities.

Green

• Restaurants, pubs and customer contact industries under physical distancing.

• All businesses and workplaces open under new protocols.

Going shopping

(SHARED CONTENT UNIT)

Lockdown

• Essential retail only face-to-face.

Red

• Include click-and-collect for non-essential retail.

• Begin making adaptations to public realm (e.g. town centres).

Amber

• Can access most non-essential retail where adaptations are possible to maintain physical distancing.

• Town centres and high streets adapted to facilitate shopping and accessing services under physical distancing.

Green

• Able to access all retail and leisure facilities whilst taking reasonable precautions.

Using public services

(Western Mail)

Lockdown

• Access to emergency or essential services only.

Red

• Increase the availability of public services gradually (e.g. waste and recycling, libraries).

• Increase scope of essential health and social care services.

Amber

• Continue to increase the availability of public services.

• Increase access to non-essential health and care services (e.g. elective surgery, dentistry).

Green

• Access to all normal public, health and social care services under physical distancing where possible or precautions in other settings.

Practicing faith

(BBC)

Lockdown

• Closure of places of worship, with exceptions for funerals and cremations.

Red

• Opening of places of worship for private prayer under physical distancing.

Amber

• Limit services and size of congregations linked to ability to ensure physical distancing.

Green

• All places open with full range of services, alongside physical distancing.

Green