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First Minister Mark Drakeford says the improving public health situation means the Welsh government can now share the details of its new plan to “safely live with coronavirus in the future”.

Briefing the press on the results of its three-weekly review, Mr Drakeford said this was due to the very high rates of vaccination, and because of everything people have done to control its spread and keep Wales safe.

However, he said: “This does not mean the pandemic is over but it does mean the way we manage coronavirus is changing”.

In March 2020, our lives changed in a way we could not have predicted.

Normal every day routines were banned - even hugs with loved ones.

Since then some restrictions have come and gone - but face coverings and self-isolation have remained.

After two years, Wales is set to scrap all rules, as the nation is told it must learn to live with Covid.

Sarah Bruton, who owns Captiva Spa and Lounge in Caerphilly, said she was "delighted" rules were coming to an end.

While she will not be rushing to drop all restrictions at once, "at least we get to make personal choices now rather than have it mandated", she said.

It is about "making sensible decisions", she added.

Face coverings have become a defining part of life under the pandemic over the past two years in Wales.

The country was slow to enforce mask wearing, but in July 2020 they became mandatory on public transport.

But with the legal requirement to wear them set to come to an end, could they soon be a thing of the past?

The Welsh government has announced all remaining Covid restrictions, including the wearing of masks, could be scrapped on the 28 March.

Daniel Davies
BBC Wales political correspondent

This is a significant milestone in the story of the pandemic.

Laws on wearing masks in shops and self-isolating weren't introduced until autumn 2020 in Wales, months after the first deadly wave of infections.

Wales will cling on to those rules longer than any other part of the UK.

Scrapping them will mark the beginning of a new phase when we are expected to live with Covid as we do with other infectious diseases.

For many, it will be a difficult adjustment. Getting to this point has involved huge upheaval and trauma.

Covid has upended our lives and appeared on 9,696 death certificates in Wales.

The last remaining Covid rules are set to be scrapped in Wales by the end of March.

The country will be the last part of the UK to totally lift its coronavirus restrictions.

PCR tests will no longer be available for testing most people with symptoms from April, and lateral flow devices will no longer be available from June.

The country will be the last part of the UK to totally lift its coronavirus restrictions.

Hello and welcome to today's live page.

We'll be bringing you the latest updates as they come in from today's Welsh government Covid briefing, delivered by First Minister Mark Drakeford from about 12:15 GMT.

It's expected to be good news for many, with all rules in Wales set to be scrapped by the end of March.

For the first time since the first lockdown on 23 March 2020, ministers have given a date - 28 March - for when laws requiring people to self-isolate and wear masks may end.

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