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New measures are to be introduced in Wales from 6am on Boxing Day to tackle rising rates of the omicron variant, ministers have announced.

First Minister Mark Drakeford said the measures are a revised version of alert level two and are designed to help keep businesses open and trading.

The regulations bring back restrictions in hospitality businesses, including licensed premises, and in cinemas and theatres when they reopen after the festive period.

Drakeford told a Welsh Government briefing that for weddings, civil partnerships, funerals and wakes, the number of people permitted to attend would be determined by the ability of the venue to manage social distancing.

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