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| Coronavirus: 'Traffic light' system to lift lockdown in Wales | Coronavirus: 'Traffic light' system to lift lockdown in Wales |
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| Some restrictions in Wales could be eased at the end of the current three-week lockdown period. | Some restrictions in Wales could be eased at the end of the current three-week lockdown period. |
| First Minister Mark Drakeford said lockdown could be left in three phases "like a traffic light in reverse". | First Minister Mark Drakeford said lockdown could be left in three phases "like a traffic light in reverse". |
| The red phase would see only "the most careful and controlled lifting of restrictions", he told BBC Radio Wales. | The red phase would see only "the most careful and controlled lifting of restrictions", he told BBC Radio Wales. |
| The amber zone would see more restrictions lifted and, if the virus is not re-emerging, Wales could then move to the green zone, he said. | The amber zone would see more restrictions lifted and, if the virus is not re-emerging, Wales could then move to the green zone, he said. |
| This period "would look much more like the lives we had before the crisis hit," Mr Drakeford told Radio Wales Breakfast with Oliver Hides. | This period "would look much more like the lives we had before the crisis hit," Mr Drakeford told Radio Wales Breakfast with Oliver Hides. |
| Asked when Wales might enter the red zone, the first minister said "I hope we will be in a position to do that at the end of the current three-week lockdown period". | Asked when Wales might enter the red zone, the first minister said "I hope we will be in a position to do that at the end of the current three-week lockdown period". |
| However, he warned this would only happen if Wales had met the tests set out in the Welsh Government's framework for exiting the lockdown, which was published later on Friday. | |
| "We will had to have had hospital admissions falling consistently for 14 days. | "We will had to have had hospital admissions falling consistently for 14 days. |
| "They have been falling over the last week so it's not impossible that we will get to that point and in that case we can move into the red zone." | "They have been falling over the last week so it's not impossible that we will get to that point and in that case we can move into the red zone." |
| The framework includes questions to consider before decisions are made around relaxing restrictions. | |
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| While the Welsh Government is broadly working together with the UK and other devolved governments on the lockdown measures, the rules are made on a per-country basis. | While the Welsh Government is broadly working together with the UK and other devolved governments on the lockdown measures, the rules are made on a per-country basis. |
| Mr Drakeford has already said he would be prepared to "do things differently" to the other nations if that was right for Wales. | Mr Drakeford has already said he would be prepared to "do things differently" to the other nations if that was right for Wales. |
| On Thursday, the Scottish government published its lockdown exit strategy warning that people would have to "adapt to a new reality". | On Thursday, the Scottish government published its lockdown exit strategy warning that people would have to "adapt to a new reality". |
| Mr Drakeford has also announced that some lockdown rules in Wales are being made stricter to "address challenges being faced in parts of the country". | Mr Drakeford has also announced that some lockdown rules in Wales are being made stricter to "address challenges being faced in parts of the country". |
| Updated regulations, announced by Mr Drakeford, make it clear people cannot remain away from the place they live. | Updated regulations, announced by Mr Drakeford, make it clear people cannot remain away from the place they live. |
| The changes are intended to clamp down on the use of second homes and discourage people from exercising outside their local area. | The changes are intended to clamp down on the use of second homes and discourage people from exercising outside their local area. |
| 'Challenges' | 'Challenges' |
| The new rules, which will come into force on Saturday, also include extending social distancing rules to hospital, school and prison canteens. | The new rules, which will come into force on Saturday, also include extending social distancing rules to hospital, school and prison canteens. |
| However, businesses offering a "click and collect" service will be allowed to reopen as long as they observe social distancing rules. | However, businesses offering a "click and collect" service will be allowed to reopen as long as they observe social distancing rules. |
| Families with children who have certain learning difficulties, including autism, will be allowed to leave the house more than once a day. | Families with children who have certain learning difficulties, including autism, will be allowed to leave the house more than once a day. |
| The first minister said: "The changes we are introducing supplement the rules already in force, but they respond to some challenges being faced in parts of the country and by families throughout Wales. | The first minister said: "The changes we are introducing supplement the rules already in force, but they respond to some challenges being faced in parts of the country and by families throughout Wales. |
| "Our message has not changed - anyone can get coronavirus, anyone can spread it. So please, stay home, protect the NHS, and save lives." | "Our message has not changed - anyone can get coronavirus, anyone can spread it. So please, stay home, protect the NHS, and save lives." |