Covid: Wales 'not slow' to act on Christmas changes
First Minister Mark Drakeford has defended imposing a new lockdown on Wales with just a few hours' notice.
Wales was moved to alert level four on Saturday, amid concerns of rising rates of coronavirus, including the new variant of the disease.
Health officials said they feared the new coronavirus variant, which appears to spread more quickly, could now be accounting for up to 60% of cases in Wales.
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