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Covid: Wales' lockdown rules 'won't be abandoned wholesale'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-57822817Covid restrictions will not be abandoned "wholesale" when they are next reviewed on Wednesday, Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.
With cases on the increase, he said he was "not persuaded that this is a moment for such an approach".
The UK government has faced criticism from some scientists over its plans for a "freedom day" on 19 July.
However, Mr Drakeford said the four nations were moving in "broadly" the same direction.
With cases on the increase, he said he was "not persuaded that this is a moment for such an approach".
The UK government has faced criticism from some scientists over its plans for a "freedom day" on 19 July.
However, Mr Drakeford said the four nations were moving in "broadly" the same direction.
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"The mood of Welsh people is not a mood of thirsting for some spurious freedom day," [Drakeford] later added.