Pubs in Wales to close by 6pm under new Covid restrictions

First minister says virus spreading incredibly quickly' and firebreak gains being eroded

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Pubs, bars and restaurants in Wales will be banned from selling alcohol and forced to shut early, as the Welsh first minister said Covid was spreading incredibly quickly" across the country and that the gains made during its firebreak" lockdown were being eroded.

Mark Drakeford said that unless strict new rules were brought in now, there could be as many as 1,700 preventable deaths this winter.