in future, demonstrating that you have a covid pass will become a necessary condition of admission. other measures like the use of facemasks in shops and the advice to work from home are already in place in wales, and failed to stop the summer spread of the virus. ministers hope covid passes will bring a newline of resistance. hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. the headlines on bbc news. the government has just announced new simplified rules for foreign travel. the amber list will be scrapped and people who are fully vaccinated will not need a predeparture vaccinated will not need a predepa rtu re test before vaccinated will not need a predeparture test before arriving into england from a non red list country. people in wales will soon need to prove they have been fully vaccinated or has a negative covid 19 test if they want to attend clubs and major events. an nhs trust
their summer holidays, there were only 0.97%, less than 1% positive cases from the tests that were being taken with people coming back into the country that was at a time and actually the test in england themselves were running at about 4.7% so you are far safer to go on holiday abroad and now we have removed the need to have these really expensive pcr tests and that will make a big difference for people. fora will make a big difference for people. for a family of four that could save them up to £400 and that will mean holiday is going to be affordable again. the government which they had affordable again. the government which they had to affordable again. the government which they had to keep affordable again. the government which they had to keep people - affordable again. the government l which they had to keep people safe. they will say they know these restrictions were not popular but it all had to be done. thea;t restrictions were not popular but it all had to be done. re
the traffic light system has been criticised, could we see changes to that? that is a system telling you which countries you can and can t visit, and how long you have to quarantine for on return. that might be simplified. the speculation and uk newspapers is that the amber list category may go and they can reduce the amount of countries on the reckless, the countries on the reckless, the countries you aren t meant to travel to and would need to quarantine on return. 0n the red list. there is pressure on the government to change these measures to encourage more people to be vaccinated, and to save thousands ofjobs at risk, potentially, when the fellow scheme ends at the end of the month. we understand these measures still need to be signed off, and an announcement will come, at the earliest, friday afternoon. thank you for the update.
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