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Welsh First Minister threatens to close UK-Wales border

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Welsh First Minister threatens to close UK-Wales border

Welsh First Minister threatens to close UK-Wales border

The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has threatened to close the border to the English coming from coronavirus hot spots if Boris Johnson refuses to impose UK-wide travel restrictions.

He said: "It's a simple matter of trying to make sure we don't take coronavirus into parts of wales where there isn't much of it about at the moment".

He added that this needs to be done on a "whole UK basis".

Report by Thomasl.

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