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Possible measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Wales include the use of curfews and restrictions around the sale of alcohol.
Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the ideas, along with the possibility of changing the pub’s operations to reduce opening hours or only allow them to sell alcohol with food, were being considered as cases continue to rise.
Gething made the remarks while conducting the Welsh Government’s latest coronavirus briefing, which you can follow for full updates below.
Monday’s briefing comes on the day that face covers became mandatory in shops and indoor public spaces in Wales, while it is now illegal for more than six people to gather inside.
Prime Minister Mark Drakeford has warned that Covid-19 is “on the rise again” in Wales after weeks of being in decline, with 20 people out of 100,000 in the country having the virus. Details of the new measures are here.
He previously said that the new measures, which will take effect from Monday, September 14, were necessary to prevent coronavirus cases from spreading and avoid further “draconian” restrictions.
Public Health Wales has reported “higher levels of transmission” in the Newport area, amid concerns that it is on the brink of a local lockdown.
People in Newport who had visited various pubs and bars were told to be “more vigilant” for Covid-19 symptoms because several people had been in the facility during their infectious period.
Action is being taken in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf, which have seen an increase in coronavirus cases, and a local lockdown was imposed on the Caerphilly County district last Tuesday.
There were 162 more cases of Covid-19 in Wales on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 19,390.
Of these new cases, 47 were in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 in Caerphilly, 15 in Newport and 14 in Cardiff. There were four in Merthyr Tydfil.
Meanwhile, all schools in Wales are also open to all children on Monday for the first time in six months, but hundreds of students and staff in Wales have already been told to isolate themselves after coming into close contact with a case. positive for coronavirus. Here are all the schools affected so far.
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