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Prime Minister Mark Drakeford appears to have given a highly controversial answer to a question by clarifying the rules for meeting with family members living in separate homes in the parks.
Drakeford said at a press conference Monday afternoon that two people from two different households could meet if they adhere to the guidelines for social distancing.
In response to our question, he said: “The rules in Wales are that two people can meet as long as they observe social distancing.”
But WalesOnline has now been informed by the Welsh government that the information Drakeford gave is incorrect.
The Welsh government now says that the general advice in Wales is to stay home. Members of the public need a reasonable excuse to get out under the blocking rules.
Exercising, going to work if you can’t work from home, shopping for necessities, and going out for a medical need or to provide care / help to a vulnerable person are all reasonable excuses, but making arrangements to meet friends and family is not an from them.
A Welsh government spokesman said: “Our general advice is to stay home. It takes a reasonable excuse to go out, and organizing a gathering with friends and family is not a reasonable excuse.”
This is what Mark Drakeford said about meeting family members in the parks early Monday
When asked to clarify what the rules were around people meeting family members living in separate homes in a park, Drakeford said: “The rules in Wales are that two people can meet as long as they observe the distancing social, so if a person from a household is dating and meeting another member of their family, then under our rules that would be allowed. “
Drakeford had emphasized that members of the public could not meet more than one person from another household at the same time.
He said: “You cannot go over two, once you go over two, in our definition it is a meeting and meetings are not allowed.”
It comes after “modest” changes to the closing rules in Wales were announced on Friday, such as unlimited exercise allowed and the reopening of garden centers, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson eased more restrictions in England on Sunday by the night.
Johnson announced that, under the changes to lockout rules in England, people will be able to sit in their local park, drive to other destinations, and play sports with members of the same household, while people who are unable to work from home are being “actively encouraged” to return to work. These rule changes have not been adopted in Wales.
When asked about the new changes announced by the UK Government, Mr Drakeford: “I am not sure I fully understand what is being proposed in England.”
“It has been the case throughout the coronavirus in Wales that if you as an individual are exercising, you can, at a social distance, have contact with another person. We always said that two people can interact in that way.”
“If you did what I did this weekend, go on my bike to my assignment through one of the main fields in Cardiff, then you see people doing that all the time.”
“I am not absolutely sure if I am sure if what is being proposed in England is a real change or if it is simply reaffirming what has been possible in Wales all along.”
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