The four UK nations have
agreed to keep relaxed Christmas Covid rules in place – but Scotland, Wales and PM Boris Johnson have announced strengthened guidance. Rules will still be relaxed between 23 and 27 December, but people in Wales will have to limit festive bubbles to two households. And people in Scotland are being asked to only meet on one of the five days. Mr Johnson, meanwhile, said “a smaller Christmas is going to be safer Christmas,” adding: “When we say three households can meet on five days… these are maximums, not targets.” Separately, Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said non-essential shops in Wales would close from the end of trading on Christmas Eve, with an alert level four lockdown starting four days later.
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