we ve always taken in wales, a careful, cautious step by step approach. lifting restrictions when we think it s safe to do so, but not putting at risk everything that we ve managed to achieve together over the last four or five months. we are in a good position in wales today, our rates are the lowest in the united kingdom, our vaccination rates are the highest in the world. but just across our border, the new delta variant is spreading very quickly. we know it is more transmissible, there are signs that it may create more people needing hospital treatment as a result, we will wait to see further evidence. provided things are good, we will move ahead but we are not going to take risks that would mean that the very good position we are in today could be rapidly undermined. the other announcement the first minister has made today is that from 21stjune, the rule of six will come
this is bbc news. i m anita mcveigh. the headlines at 11. a furious backlash from travel companies over the government s decision to remove portugal from its green list of covid safe countries . ministers insist they have taken a cautious approach . i think when we re coming up to an important decision as a country whether to do the next phase of reopening on 21stjune or not, it is important now for us to be careful not to jeopardise the progress that we ve made. british holiday makers who return from portugal from tuesday will have to self isolate at home for 10 days. airlines say the decision is a devastating blow for the industry. they re making it up as they go along, it s more mismanagement of the covid recovery by the johnson government and sadly it has created unnecessary disruption and stress for hundreds of thousands
cases per 100,000 habitants, we have a transmission rate of 1.07, i think it s more or less the same as the uk. so, for us, it s disappointing and it is an unfortunate decision. we hope by 21stjune, this will be reviewed, because it was a huge blow for our tourism industry. find reviewed, because it was a huge blow for our tourism industry. thi reviewed, because it was a huge blow for our tourism industry. for our tourism industry. and i want to ask ou for our tourism industry. and i want to ask you in for our tourism industry. and i want to ask you in a for our tourism industry. and i want to ask you in a bit for our tourism industry. and i want to ask you in a bit more for our tourism industry. and i want to ask you in a bit more detail - to ask you in a bit more detail about that in a second, but let me clarify, the 66 cases per 100,000 population, is that in the algarve or is that right across portugal? right across portugal. in algarve it is much lower. there is no compa
said that 21stjune will be the end of restrictions here again, as is planned in england. and i think the likelihood is that wales will remain at that level one, which is the date we will get to on 21stjune, when groups can mix inside, groups of six, and remained there for some time to come. six, and remained there for some time to come- six, and remained there for some time to come. changes to restrictions in scotland come into effect tomorrow, with glasgow moving to level 2, but that comes amid rising infections. in her daily briefing, the first minister nicola sturgeon said covid cases have more than tripled over the past month with today s case numbers at the highest level since february. but ms sturgeon went on to say there are now strong indications that vaccines are weakening the link between new cases and hospitalisations. two police forces are to pay damages to more than 600 people following the hillsborough disaster. the south yorkshire and west midlands forces agreed the set
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