Wales to enforce strict, two-week 'firebreak' lockdown from Friday
Source: Washington Post
Wales will go into a strict, two-week shutdown Friday, officials announced Monday, as the country attempts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Wales, home to around 3.1 million people, has confirmed more than 35,000 cases of the virus so far this year. More than 4,000 cases were confirmed last week alone.
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said the shutdown, which will last from Friday to Nov. 9, is intended to serve as “a short, sharp, shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus and buy us more time,” the BBC reported.
Residents will be required to stay at home unless they are outdoors for exercise or other essential activities. All restaurants, pubs, hotels, beauty salons and nonessential shops are required to close. Both indoor and outdoor gatherings of any kind will be forbidden.
“We all want to see an end to this pandemic and our lives returned to us. Unfortunately, we do not yet have a vaccine, which will allow us to do that,” Drakeford told reporters Monday. “So this is our best chance of regaining control of the virus and avoiding a much-longer — and damaging — national lockdown.”
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