Gwynedd won’t go into county wide lockdown at the moment, the Welsh Government has confirmed.
A meeting was held between Welsh Government and local authority officials on Saturday, before a local lockdown was introduced in Bangor at 6pm on Saturday evening.
Bangor had seen a significant cluster of coronavirus cases and the incident rate stands at about 400 cases per 100,000 people. The Welsh Government said cases in Bangor appeared to be closely associated with young people and the student population.
Bangor’s restrictions will affect eight wards in the city: Garth, Hirael, Menai, Deiniol, Marchog, Glyder, Hendre and Dewi. It means that about 16,000 people cannot go in or out of the area without good reason, such as work or study.
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: “We will continue to closely monitor the situation in Gwynedd and will meet with the local authority and with neighbouring local authority leaders at the start of the week to discuss the developing situation further.”
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