Pubs, restaurants, bars and cafes reopen indoors today

Pubs, restaurants, bars and cafes are reopening indoors in Wales today (Monday, August 3).

Indoor bowling alleys, auction houses and bingo halls are also able to open to the public from today, while Blackwood’s Maxime Cinema is set to welcome back customers for the first time since March.

However, two-metre social distancing rules remain in place.

As part of new measures to ease the coronavirus lockdown in Wales, up to 30 people can now meet outdoors, while children under the age of 11 are no longer required to social distance from each other or from adults.

Meanwhile, gyms, leisure centres, swimming pools, spas, indoor play areas, including soft play areas, are set to reopen from Monday, August 10, if conditions allow.

Announcing the changes on Friday (July 31), First Minister Mark Drakeford said: “It is thanks to the hard efforts of everyone in Wales that we have been able to control the spread of coronavirus and relax the restrictions. We can only continue to do this if everyone carries on this hard work.

“If we stop now, there is a real risk we will see new outbreaks of coronavirus and we may have to reverse some of these restrictions to control its spread again.

“We are facing the likelihood of a resurgence of the virus over the autumn and winter –this will not be over by Christmas.

“We all have an ongoing responsibility to keep Wales safe. This means maintaining social distancing, washing our hands often and thinking carefully about where we go, what we’re doing and why.”