People in Wales will now have to self-isolate if they are fully vaccinated and a household member tests positive while pupils will have to get tested twice a week.
"What is certainly true is numbers at this level are causing harm in the community, are driving more people into hospital and we have to make a concerted effort over the next three or four weeks to bring those numbers down."Fully vaccinated people over four years old in household with someone who tests positive or has symptoms must self-isolate until a negative PCR test
Non fully vaccinated people must self-isolate for 10 days if a close contact or household member tests positiveSecondary school students and staff must take twice-weekly lateral flow testsWhile Wales is bringing back restrictions, it is removing theMr Drakeford said he understands that might seem incongruous but he does not have much choice due to how overseas travel into and out of the UK works.
"When they change the rules in England, in any practical sense it's impossible for us to do anything different in Wales because almost everybody from Wales who travels abroad or who returns to this country from abroad comes through English ports and airports and then travels on to Wales," he said.He added that he wished the UK government"took a more precautionary approach" to international travel.
And he said he has been urging Westminster"for a number of weeks" to move to plan B - mandatory face coverings in some settings, a work from home mandate and vaccine certificates in certain scenarios.