Welsh leader rules out ‘threatening’ young people to get Covid jab
by Ben Quinn from on (#5N11H)
Mark Drakeford contrasts approach with Boris Johnson as Wales prepares to scrap most restrictions
Young people should not be threatened or induced" into getting Covid-19 vaccines, according to the first minister of Wales, who contrasted his government's approach to that of Downing Street on the eve of moves to scrap most remaining Welsh restrictions.
Mark Drakeford was speaking as the Welsh government prepared to abandon the rule which tells people to self-isolate if they are pinged by the NHS app, for those who are fully vaccinated, more than a week before England.
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