Three more counties in Wales are to be put into local lockdown.
Neath Port Talbot, Vale of Glamorgan and Torfaen will join many other parts of the UK in being subject to localised COVID-19 restrictions.
The action will affect more than 360,000 people and means half of Welsh local authority areas, 11 out of 22, will soon be under specialised measures.
They include:
- Residents not being allowed to enter or leave these areas without a reasonable excuse, such as travel for work or education
- Residents not being able to meet with people they don’t live with indoors – whether in houses or pubs or elsewhere – without a good reason, such as providing care
- Residents will not be able to form, or be in, extended households or bubbles
- All licensed premises will have to stop serving alcohol at 10pm
- Everyone over 11 will be required to wear face coverings in indoor places that are open to the public.
