The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has just announced in the first digital meeting of the Welsh Assembly that the three weeks of stay-at- home restrictions will not end next week.

First Minister said: "I must be plain with all members, these restrictions will not end then. We will not throw away the gains we have made, and the lives we can save, by abandoning our efforts, just as they begin to bear fruit."

In Mr Drakeford's statement, he also send his best wishes to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he was admitted to intensive care for treatment for coronavirus.

He said: "Over the course of the last week, the Welsh Government has taken further action to protect people’s health; to strengthen our NHS and to support businesses as we continue to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

"Today we are approaching the end of the initial three-week period of the stay-at-home rules. I want to again place on record my thanks to people throughout Wales for the solidarity which has been shown in complying with these vitally necessary restrictions.

"These are having an impact; the actions every one of us is taking to limit contact with others; to stay at home and to work from home wherever possible, is helping to slow down the spread of the virus and to protect the most vulnerable.

"But because of the lag time between these measures coming into effect and seeing their results – we know that things will get worse before they get better. More people will fall ill, more people will need to be admitted to hospital, and more families across Wales will face the human heartbreak of losing someone they love."