Wales Limits 'Household Bubbles'

The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford said in a press release on November 2, 2020, 'everyone in Wales has an important part to play in helping to prevent the spread of coronavirus and this means thinking carefully about the contact we all have with other people.'

And, 'people should only meet with their ‘bubble’ in their own home and only (2) households will be able to form a ‘bubble. If one person from either household develops COVID-19 symptoms, everyone should immediately self-isolate.'

The Welsh Government is expected to introduce a "restricted list of essential purposes" to allow people to travel between the countries which Mr. Drakeford said would be "the same broad system on both sides of the border. There will be no legal restrictions on travel within Wales for residents, but international travel should be for essential reasons only."

For the week of 17 to 23 October 2020, Wales estimated that an average of 0.86% of the community population had COVID-19 (95% credible interval: 0.41% to 1.58%).