Covid-19: Welsh Government update - BBC News
Details of the first minister's briefing as tighter rules on pubs and restaurants take effect.
There needs to be “a sustained fall” in the number of coronavirus cases to reverse the alcohol ban being imposed in Wales from this evening, the first minister has said.

Pubs and restaurants throughout Wales will be barred from serving alcohol on their premises from 18:00 on Friday.

The measures are due to be reviewed on 17 December.

But Mark Drakeford warned of conditions needed for the ban to be lifted.

“We would need to see figures coming down across Wales, we need to see a sustained fall in those numbers and be clear that the trajectory is heading down as well," he said.

“And we would need to see Wales in terms of the number of people falling ill with coronavirus coming more into line with the levels that are used to determine level two and tier two in England and Scotland.

“Because if that were to be the case, then the flow of people into our hospital system and the pressures that are currently being created there would be being mitigated.

“But those are the sorts of things that we would need to see before we would be in a position to do anything to lessen the restrictions that we have to have in place in Wales, in order to bring the virus under control.”

Pubs and bars in Wales have to close by 18:00 daily and will not be able to sell alcohol Image caption: Pubs and bars in Wales have to close by 18:00 daily and will not be able to sell alcohol