Wales To Go Into Full Lockdown The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford announced yesterday that Wales would be plunged into a full lockdown from this Friday until November 9th. The BBC has more. People will be told to stay at home, while pubs, restaurants, hotels and non-essential shops will shut.Primary schools will reopen after the half-term break, but only Years 7 and 8 in secondary schools will return at that time under new "firebreak" rules.Gatherings indoors and outdoors with people not in your household will also be banned.First Minister Mark Drakeford said the "time-limited 'firebreak'" will be "a short, sharp, shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus and buy us more time".Without action the NHS will not be able to look after those falling sick, he told a press conference.Leisure businesses, community centres, libraries and recycling centres will shut. Places of worship will be closed for normal services, except for funerals and weddings.The announcement follows rising case numbers in Wales and increasing hospital admissions, and replaces the 17 local lockdowns that had been in place.Figures now stand at 130 coronavirus cases per 100,000 over seven days – there were 4,127 cases recorded between October 9th and 15th. Needless to say, daily deaths in Wales are in low single digits and cases are falling. Daily deaths from ...