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| Coronavirus: Wales' stay home advice 'has not changed' | Coronavirus: Wales' stay home advice 'has not changed' |
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| The stay-at-home message in Wales has not changed, the First Minister Mark Drakeford has said. | |
| Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a change to the UK government's advice in England - calling on people to "stay alert, control the virus" and "save lives". | |
| But the slogan has been rejected by Welsh ministers who control the coronavirus lockdown rules in Wales. | |
| Mr Drakeford said people should stay home "wherever you can". | Mr Drakeford said people should stay home "wherever you can". |
| In a video statement, the first minister said he had set out "modest" changes to the stay home rules on Friday. | In a video statement, the first minister said he had set out "modest" changes to the stay home rules on Friday. |
| They included opening garden centres and allowing people to exercise more than once a day. | They included opening garden centres and allowing people to exercise more than once a day. |
| "Our advice has not changed in Wales," he said. | "Our advice has not changed in Wales," he said. |
| In a televised statement Mr Johnson unveiled a "conditional plan" to reopen society, allowing people in England to spend more time outdoors from Wednesday. | |
| Several of the changes announced by the prime minister have not been made in Wales, including allowing people in sit in parks, or to drive to "other destinations". | |
| A Welsh Government source said the suggestion of unlimited exercise with the ability to travel was an added complication. | |
| Jeremy Miles, the Welsh Government's counsel general who has been put in charge of its coronavirus recovery plan, said the "position is rather different in Wales" after Boris Johnson's speech. | |
| Mr Miles said the statement was "aimed at people in England" and that people in Wales are still being asked to stay home. | |
| He said it was not the case that people could drive to other destinations in Wales. | |
| "Our regulations do not permit people to get in their cars and drive to destinations in Wales, and that includes people getting in their cars in England." | |
| Mr Miles said the rules could be enforced by the police with fines. |