Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[Hilts]

Wales is banning people from other areas in the Uk with a high number of cases from visiting the country;-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-54540764

Quite right. Well done Drakeford.

[Vindec]

Quite right. Well done Drakeford.

By Friday apparently. Seems a very sensible move especially when you see those idiots in Liverpool dancing in the streets who are more than likely going to affect others.

[goats]

Quite right. Well done Drakeford.

I agree, seems madness to let them travel out of their county, we can’t even leave cardiff and it’s low compared to Liverpool etc...

[xsnaggle]

Quite right. Well done Drakeford.

That'll take some enforcing!

[Gofer Blue]

That'll take some enforcing!

Wouldn't take long to identify a car load of scousers down in the rural west!

[splott parker]

Wouldn't take long to identify a car load of scousers down in the rural west!

Speeding: ?:

[xsnaggle]

Quite right. Well done Drakeford.

They have been doing it to a degree by stealth for a couple of weeks.
The test centres used to have people from all over the country coming to them but for the last 2 weeks no one from outside the test centre local area has been able to book at test.
How can it be that you can enter a restricted area to go to work or to school but you cannot enter it to find out if you have a potentially fatal illness?

[lisvaneblue]

Quite right. Well done Drakeford.

It's a political move and little to do with protecting us. I had a look at the paper which Prof Drakeford quotes as the evidence and the conclusion is.... the easing of the lockdown rules in July/ August has corresponded with an increase in cases with data suggesting that increases in Wales may be driven by imports from other parts of the UK and wider world
And how do you police this? The Severn Bridge has 30,000 vehicles cross into Wales each day. That will continue.

In North Wales 36,000 workers move out of their areas to work each day, and 23,000 come in to these areas...

In South East Wales the figures are 57,000 out, 32,000 in

This is not to say they they commute to England but they move in and out of their localities and there must be some traffic to England

Trying to stop tourists from high risk areas is not viable when there is such a large amount of daily traffic anyhow, and probably not worth the immense effort required to police it properly.

AS I said earlier our FM seemingly can't help trying to score points

[LeningradCowboy]

It's a political move and little to do with protecting us. I had a look at the paper which Prof Drakeford quotes as the evidence and the conclusion is.... the easing of the lockdown rules in July/ August has corresponded with an increase in cases with data suggesting that increases in Wales may be driven by imports from other parts of the UK and wider world
And how do you police this? The Severn Bridge has 30,000 vehicles cross into Wales each day. That will continue.

In North Wales 36,000 workers move out of their areas to work each day, and 23,000 come in to these areas...

In South East Wales the figures are 57,000 out, 32,000 in

This is not to say they they commute to England but they move in and out of their localities and there must be some traffic to England

Trying to stop tourists from high risk areas is not viable when there is such a large amount of daily traffic anyhow, and probably not worth the immense effort required to police it properly.

AS I said earlier our FM seemingly can't help trying to score points

https://www.polfed.org/news-media/la...n-regulations/

The head of the Police Federation in Wales has already said that the rules are unenforceable.