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Wales has introduced a superblock, called a ‘firewall’, which limits a number of freedoms that citizens are used to.
Residents must stay home at all times, except for absolutely necessary errands. People cannot meet other people or visit people from other homes. Bars, restaurants and shops are closed. The requirement for a mask is absolutely indoors in the few places that are still open.
One of the exceptions to curfew is when residents have to buy food, but even that will no longer be the same. The authorities have decided which goods are essential for the inhabitants and which they should do without.
Now social media is flooded with images showing quantities of products are hidden under tarps in stores.
Lidl closed all of its “nonessential” islands in Porthmadog, long before the 6:00 pm deadline today
While all the sugary candy islands, they stayed open
The Welsh Labor Government and Plaid Cymru are a joke! pic.twitter.com/iLNXHkBj0Z
– Tony ‘Yellow Vests’ (@ tonto_1964) October 23, 2020
– A joke
The fact that the authorities have to decide what goods people can buy in the grocery stores has not pleased the inhabitants.
– I encouraged the government in Whales to ban “unnecessary” goods, writes a user.
– Lidl closed all the “unnecessary” shelves. All shelves with sweets are kept open. The government is a joke, writes another.
– We can’t take our children anywhere. Now we can’t buy things to keep them entertained, writes a third.
Some, on the other hand, agree with the government that minimizing items on the shelves can be an effective measure.
– Minimizing the time people spend in stores and the number of trips they make there is, of course, the main reason. I think it speaks for itself, writes a Twitter user.
Total confusion
According to the BBC, clothing, toys, decorations and electronic items have been declared unnecessary.
Stores are said to have received little time and little information on what products they can continue to sell.
– We have had little time to introduce the new rules and we have not received clarity on what essential goods really are. We’ve tried to express our concern that customers are not getting the products they really feel they need, says the Asda store in Coryton, Cardiff.
Both Tesco and Sainsbury’s stores have stated that they are working 24 hours a day to try to implement the changes, the BBC writes.
People can be fined
According to the Daily Mail and several other outlets, the government has had bad weather since the decision. However, the authorities support the decision.
– There is more at stake than whether you can buy a candle or not, Prime Minister Mark Drakeford told a news conference on Friday.
He believes that allowing grocery stores to sell clothing and other products is unacceptable, as smaller clothing stores must remain closed.
– We all agree on this. This is not a time when we have to wander through stores to look at clothes, he said according to the Daily Mail.
HAD TO CLOSE: Bars and restaurants will be closed at Whales until November 9. Photo: Geoff Caddick / AFP
In case of violation of the rules
The rules during the “superblock” were introduced on Friday and will last until November 9, the government writes in its pages.
The government refers to the restrictions as laws. If you break them, it will have consequences.
You may be ordered to leave your place and return home. It can also be removed.
You may also have to pay a fine of just over 650 NOK. If you break the rules a second time, the amount is doubled.
It can also be processed. If you are found guilty of an offense, additional fines will be imposed.
– Although something may be legal, we ask you to think if it is really necessary and sensible, writes the government.
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