Wales set to enter alert level 2 with Welsh Government to allow foreign travel from Monday

Wales will enter alert level two on Monday, WalesOnline understands.

Mark Drakeford is also expected to announce that international travel is going to be permitted to resume on the day that, May 17. The Welsh Government will put extra safeguards in position for individuals returning from some countries to avoid coronavirus re-entering Wales. It is also advising individuals to only travel abroad for essential purposes.

WalesOnline has additionally learnt that on Friday Mark Drakeford will confirm that all remaining indoor tourism accommodation will reopen and indoor attractions like cinemas, bowling alleys, and theatres, in addition to stately homes, will also be likely to be able to welcome people back.

There may also be a rise in the number of people in a position to attend organised outdoor and indoor events.

The Welsh Government had already announced that hospitality venues would be permitted to open indoors from Monday, May 17.

Changes set to be announced for Monday, May 17:

• Indoor hospitality can re-open to six people from up to six households (excluding children under 11).
• All overnight accommodation can re-open fully.
• Entertainment venues, including cinemas, bingo halls, bowling alleys, indoor-play centres and areas, casinos, amusement arcades, and theatres can re-open.
• Cinemas, theatres concert halls and sports grounds sell drink and food as long as it is consumed inside a seated position for watching the performance.
• Indoor visitor attractions, including museums and galleries can re-open.
• Up to 30 people may take part in organised indoor activities and up to 50 people in organised outdoor activities, including receptions.

Changes set to occur from June 7:

Should the situation remain positive, the Welsh Government is set to check out the following changes in the future into force from June 7:

• Further changes to meeting people in private homes.
• Increasing the amount of people who can meet outdoors and the number of people who can attend organised activities and events, including receptions, to 50 indoors and 100 outdoors.
• Permitting larger-scale events to take place outdoors and indoors.

How will international travel work?

International travel will resume from Monday, May 17. A traffic light system, out of the box in place with England and Scotland, is set to be introduced with countries is going to be considered green, amber and red.

What this means is people living in Wales will be able to visit a small number of foreign destinations with no need to quarantine on their return however, you will have to quarantine if you've visited countries not on the green list.

From Monday, 24 May, a paper-based vaccination status is going to be available for people in Wales who may have had two doses of vaccination and need to urgently visit a nation that requires Covid-19 vaccination proof. The Welsh Government is constantly on the advise individuals to only travel abroad for essential purposes.

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The traffic light system in position in England, which Wales will align with, rules that travellers to countries rated green does not need to isolate on their own return, however they need to take a Covid-19 test pre and post their trip.

The countries that are around the UK Government's green list are Portugal (such as the Azores and Madeira), Israel and Jerusalem, Gibraltar, Iceland, Singapore, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, New Zealand, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Arrivals from amber countries will still need quarantine, while red-list countries possess the strictest rules, with simply UK or Irish nationals, or UK residents, allowed to return – and they be forced to pay for any 10-day remain in a Government quarantine hotel.