Covid restrictions in schools in Wales are being lifted. Schools will no longer have to follow the Welsh Government Covid framework, which required them to ratchet restrictions such as contact bubbles and masks up or down depending on local infection rates.
The Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles, said Covid measures for schools in Wales will be brought into line with guidance for businesses and other organisations. A new "checklist" for schools to follow will be published shortly, a Welsh Government spokesperson said.
The Welsh Government wrote to schools in Wales this morning to tell them of the changes. Some schools are still asking pupils to wear masks in communal areas and some said at the start of this term that they will continue with contact bubbles for some years until the end of this term.
