Wales bracing for additional coronavirus lockdowns next year
The Welsh government appears to be preparing its people for a series of local coronavirus-related lockdowns in 2021.
According to the Welsh deputy economy and transport minister, Lee Waters, the current “firebreak” is “unlikely” to be the last in Wales.
The so-called firebreak, which effectively amounts to a 17-day national lockdown, is set to be reviewed when it expires on November 09.
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales’ Sunday Supplement, Waters claimed that “previous projections” indicate that pandemics have “more than one peak”.
“This is not the last lockdown we are likely to see. The projections we [the Welsh government] published in a worst case scenario show it’s likely we are going to need another firebreak [lockdown] in January or February [2021]”, Waters added.
Waters, who represents both the Welsh Labor and the Co-operative parties, went as fire as saying that England is “expected” to follow Wales’ example “before too long”.
However, Waters’ plans and predictions are meeting stiff opposition from the Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru (the Party of Wales), who demand that a more improved “test and trace” system is put in place to break the cycle of “devastating” national lockdowns.
"It is concerning to hear talk of plans for future firebreaks at the start of this reset", said shadow health minister and deputy leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth.
"If the Welsh Government puts effective measures in place over the next fortnight, a new strategy for the months ahead, it should be aiming to avoid having to return to these tight nationwide restrictions", Iorwerth added.
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