A fifth of all adults in Wales would still try to go on holiday abroad this summer if there were no quarantine restrictions on their return, a survey has found.

But another 43 per cent say they would try to go somewhere in the UK and a 42 per cent intend to stay at home. In a normal year, 59 per cent of the same people would usually go abroad for a summer holiday and 49 per cent would holiday in the UK.

This week’s survey by Public Health Wales also identifies that the public in Wales remain cautious about changes in social distancing. Nearly seven out of ten people think that social distancing should remain at two metres, while a quarter think it should reduce to one metre and six per cent believe it should be removed completely.

When asked about children returning to school, nearly half of respondents said that they would be very or extremely concerned about children’s education being damaged by schools returning to normal too slowly.

However, over the same period, 54 per cent of people said they would be very or extremely concerned about children catching and spreading coronavirus in schools.

Professor Mark Bellis, director of policy and international health at Public Health Wales said: “As Wales begins its careful journey out of Coronavirus restrictions, we can see a mixture of views emerging as the general public consider the direction and pace of change.

“Parents and carers are concerned about their children’s education if schools return to normal too slowly but it is also completely understandable that more than half of respondents are worried about their children catching the virus and spreading it to their family and community.

“After months of official messaging on the need for two metre social distancing we can see more than two thirds of people continue supporting it but one in four people in Wales would now like to see it reduced to one metre.”