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Welsh Government drawing up plans for circuit-breaker lockdown

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coronavirus, First Minister Arlene Foster said. Mr Drakeford said "detailed work" is ongoing to allow Wales to take the same decision as Northern Ireland, where a period of intensified coronavirus restrictions has been announced, if infection figures continue to go "in the wrong direction" this week.Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, Mr Drakeford said: "We want to act now in order to prevent the worst from happening, to give us a better chance of getting through the rest of the autumn and the winter, and if a circuit-breaker is the right way to do it then that is what we will do."We're very actively talking about and preparing for that, should it be necessary."He added: "I'm not announcing it today but I do want people to know we are.

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