here, facemasks won t be mandatory, but carmine thinks it might take a while for his customers to feel comfortable with the old ways. people, they ve lost their confidence, how to approach somebody else and may talk, shake their hand. something that, you know, they have been forbidden for so long. wales is moving to alert level zero, but that doesn t equal zero restrictions. masks will still be needed in shops and on public transport and a call for caution remains. alert level zero does not mean the end of coronavirus, and it very certainly does not mean a free for all here in wales. so the pandemic is still with us, but in wales, the pingdemic may be over. from tomorrow, adults who ve had a double dose of vaccine and the under 18s no longer need to self isolate if they have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for covid. so how to celebrate?
having to do now, which is reconsider reimposing restrictions. next week will be a significant moment in the sometimes slow road out of lockdown in england, but it won t be back to normality overnight. face coverings will still be recommended in some places and there will still be an emphasis on caution. and the number of positive cases we re seeing, like the health secretary s, is a reminder that even if many restrictions are going, the virus has not disappeared. for tourists returning from paris and the rest of france, some changes have already been delayed. double jabbed people were supposed to be spared quarantine, but last night the government announced that wouldn t be happening. that s left some in the travel industry frustrated. whilst public health will always be a priority, it doesn t feel like it s the right thing to do to hold the uk back when other countries are travelling in their abundance. frustration shared by tourists leaving london this morning.
you have seen the pictures, it is really hard. and i think the politics and the city will make lots of changes to provide these catastrophes, you have to say it, yeah, it is a catastrophe. well, it s certainly how angela merkel described it. moritz speaking from radio hagen, a town not farfrom here, also devastated, thank you so much for your time. so, like moritz was saying, there is still a lot of shock, an awful lot of questions, but the recovery situation, the recovery efforts are beginning, they are under way, and we have been here throughout the whole course of the day. most of this bypass behind me had been completely flooded, but as you can see, there are so many cars now that had been removed, that grim operation, to discover if there are any remains. thankfully, not here, everybody was able to get away safely. kasia madera in germany for us.
to join us once again. just talk us through the situation. because given what we are seeing in erfstadt, the clean up operation is taking place, recovery is taking place, but it s just been absolutely devastating for the local community. for sure. first, the good news, the water level keeps dropping, and there was no heavy rain for three days. the people are very happy about it, but, how you said, the real work, the main work has to be done now. streets are destroyed, lots of people are without their home. people lost their property, and it s a really mean situation and it will last for days, maybe for weeks. absolutely, and can you tell us about the power situation there? because we know that homes here still are having power outages. many homes still without power. but at one point, there were over 100,000 households without power. what s the situation like with you, moritz? yeah, on wednesday night,
night, so i took a lateralflow test this morning and it s come out positive, so i m now self isolating at home with my family until i get the results of a pcr test. i m grateful that i ve had two jabs of the vaccine, and so far my symptoms are mild. this was sajid javid at a care home on tuesday, four days before his symptoms developed. it s not clear yet if anyone else in government will have to self isolate as a close contact. it comes ahead of a crucial week. from monday, social distancing will officially end in england. there will be no limits at events. facemasks won t be a legal requirement. but there were more than 5a,000 cases in the last 24 hour period. some are warning we shouldn t be too relaxed, pointing to countries like israel, where some restrictions have been brought back. if we behave like they have done and change our behaviour too dramatically when the restrictions are changed, then we re going to end up having to do what they are