That's all from our coverage of Friday's Welsh Government Covid briefing and the latest update from Public Health Wales.

The key points:

• New restrictions on the hospitality sector will be brought in from next Friday
• The rules will cover pubs and restaurants, with the details still being worked out
• Cinemas, bowling alleys and indoor entertainment venues will also close, at a date to be confirmed
• However, non-essential retail, gyms, leisure centres and hair salons can stay open subject to the rules currently in place
• First Minister Mark Drakeford said it was necessary to act in the coming weeks "to reduce the spread of virus and create more headroom for Christmas"
• Welsh Conservative leader Paul Davies criticised the move as a "real blow" to businesses
• Plaid Cymru said the delay on details created more uncertainty for the hospitality sector
• A further 21 deaths of people with Covid were recorded on Friday, taking the total to 2,494

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Have a good weekend, and stay safe.

Another 21 people have died with Covid-19 in Wales, taking the total to 2,494 since the pandemic began, according to Public Health Wales.

Most of the deaths have occurred in the Cwm Taf health board area of south Wales.

There have been 21 more deaths with Covid-19 in Wales recorded by Public Health Wales.

It means 2,494 people with coronavirus have died since the pandemic began.

There were 1,105 new positive tests, meaning 77,091 people in Wales have now had Covid-19.

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New Covid restrictions for Wales were a "real blow for countless hospitality businesses up and down the country", according to the leader of the Conservative group in the Senedd.

Paul Davies said: "We now need to know the details from the Welsh Government because this will create an even more anxious and worrying time for businesses struggling to keep afloat."

He called for targeted interventions, based on hyperlocal data, rather than a single set of rules applying across Wales.

Two pubs linked to a coronavirus outbreak have been ordered to close by their local council.

The Red Lion Inn and the Bell Hotel, both in Cardigan, were told on Friday to close their doors.

Ceredigion council said the action was taken in "response to the serious and imminent threat to public health" following 55 new cases in the area.

It said "similar sanctions" were being considered for other premises in the county.

The order will be reviewed within a week from Saturday.

People who recently visited the two pubs have already been told to be "extra vigilant" about their health.

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Mark Reckless, who represents The Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party in the Senedd, claimed the decision to impose new restrictions on Wales ahead of Christmas as "state-building".

He accused the Welsh Government of putting public health "second".

The first minister's announcement of tougher restrictions for the hospitality sector in Wales has created "more uncertainty", according to Plaid Cymru.

The party's economy spokeswoman Helen Mary Jones said a lack of detail meant pubs and restaurants do not "know what they're preparing for".

"They don't know if they're being asked to close altogether again, to only do takeaways, to have restricted opening without alcohol. So, they can't really prepare," she added.

Ms Jones said the industry had to be consulted over this weekend, and given "the maximum length of time to prepare".

Wales' first minister said the advice from the UK's chief medical officers was that the impact of relaxing restrictions over Christmas "depended crucially on how we go into that five day period".

"The more the virus is suppressed in the lead-up to the five day period the more the additional risk of the five day period can be mitigated," Mark Drakeford said.

It was partly because of this that he was announcing additional measures today, he confirmed.

"We need in Wales to do more to enter that Christmas period with the virus as effectively suppressed as we can, because that will help us to mitigate the additional risks that are inevitable," he added.

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A single set of Wales-wide rules makes it easier for people to follow, according to First Minister Mark Drakeford.

He said the government had been convinced by advice that a single set of national measures was "most effective way of us being able to communicate what we are asking of people in Wales".

Mr Drakeford added that there was a "pretty similar" pattern of coronavirus spread across the country.

He said 21 of the 22 Welsh councils were "seeing rises in the incidence rate amongst the under-25 year olds".

The pattern "throughout the pandemic" was that Covid-19 "starts amongst young people then it moves in to older and more vulnerable age groups", Mr Drakeford added.

"So, even where incidents are currently lower than some parts of Wales it is important to protect those populations."

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The first minister said the advice he has received on the "firebreak" lockdown in Wales was that it "achieved everything that we had hoped to have".

"It probably achieved a little bit more in the extent to which it suppressed the virus," said Mark Drakeford.

"The problem is in the post-firebreak period, as people have mixed, it's come back faster and further than we had anticipated, and that is why we are taking the additional actions I described today.

"It doesn't mean, I'm afraid, that we can rule anything out for the future."

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First Minister Mark Drakeford has rejected the idea of introducing regionalised "tiers" of Covid restrictions in Wales, along the lines used in England and Scotland.

"The advice we have is that a single set of arrangements for Wales works best, is easiest to communicate, and delivers benefits in all parts of Wales,” he told reporters at a press conference.

Mr Drakeford also said there was no case for aligning the Welsh and English systems to ensure that no-one was left out of UK-wide Treasury schemes to offer financial assistance to businesses affected.

“We don’t lose out on any UK system by having a single tier for Wales, so there is no disadvantage to us in that,” he said.

“Nor do we model what is right for Wales simply by dragging and dropping what happens elsewhere.

“What we have done is design a system which we think works best for our circumstances, for our figures."

Andrew RT Davies, the Conservatives' health spokesman in the Senedd, has criticised the latest announcement on Covid restrictions in Wales.

He is unhappy at the "blanket nationwide approach that absurdly throws in low-medium incidence areas such as Conwy, Ynys Mon, Gwynedd, Denbighshire, Powys and Pembrokeshire in with high-incidence areas in Wales".

“I know this will be a worrying time for all working in the industry," said First Minister Mark Drakeford, as he confirmed there would be new restrictions for the hospitality industry in Wales in the run-up to Christmas.

“We will be working over the weekend with partners to finalise the details of the new arrangements and to put in place a further major package of financial support to respond to those changes.

“I will give further details about the package on Monday.”

Non-essential retail, hairdressers, gyms and leisure centres will stay open under the existing guidelines on Covid safety.

All four UK nations have agreed that three households can mix indoors over a five-day period over Christmas, although there have been warnings from scientists that this could lead to a new surge in coronavirus cases.

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New Covid restrictions will come into force in Wales as cases continue to rise again having fallen after the firebreak lockdown.

The R rate – the number of people each infected person passed the virus on to – has risen again to 1.4, First Minister Mark Drakeford said.

The rate needs to be below one for the number of cases to fall.

“We too now have to use the coming weeks to reduce the spread of the virus and create more headroom for the Christmas period,” said Mr Drakeford, in Friday's Covid briefing.

“This does not mean a return to the firebreak arrangements, but the Cabinet has agreed to take further specific and targeted action to reinforce the current national measures we have place.”

New Covid rules for Wales will see fresh restrictions on pubs and restaurants in a week’s time, the Welsh Government has announced.

First Minister Mark Drakeford said details, which will come into force next Friday, are still being worked out.

It’s thought one option is the Scottish "level 3" model, with no alcohol allowed to be served and a closing time of 18:00 GMT.

Cinemas, bowling alleys and indoor entertainment venues will close again from a date to be confirmed.

Turkey farmers are preparing for a different Christmas - with different appetites for the big meal.

Governments around the UK have agreed up to three households can meet between 23 and 27 December.

But without big traditional get-togethers, some customers are looking to cut down on the size of their turkeys.

One farmer in Pembrokeshire says others are even looking to keep half their bird in the freezer, ready to celebrate again another day.

Tighter Covid restrictions in Wales before Christmas would be "incredibly difficult" for the hospitality sector, the industry is warning.

It comes after Health Minister Vaughan Gething said new rules could be introduced if infection rates "move in the wrong direction".

The Welsh Government's cabinet is meeting on Friday to discuss its latest response to the pandemic.

"It's been a year of great struggle - a year of stop-start - mostly stop," said Simon Wright, who runs a restaurant in Carmarthen.

"We are approaching the time of year when people would anticipate being at their busiest. We weren't anticipating this post-firebreak, not being able to trade before Christmas.

"If something like that happens, it is going to be a huge blow."

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First Minister Mark Drakeford is about to give a Welsh Government update on the pandemic.

You can watch it live on BBC One Wales, S4C, the BBC iPlayer, and via the Wales Today Coronavirus Update video link above.

Schools must be closed early ahead of the festive break to help children and teachers avoid having to self-isolate on Christmas Day, a Welsh teaching union has warned.

UCAC said coronavirus cases in schools could force whole class "bubbles" into self-isolation over the holidays.

The union said schools should close on 11 December and move lessons online.

The Welsh Government said schools would only close if there were clear public health reasons.

The latest Public Health Wales figures show that 50.3% of primary schools and 87.9% of secondary schools have had at least one Covid-19 case since the start of term.

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Welcome to our live coverage of the latest coronavirus update from the Welsh Government.

Here are some of the main headlines on the pandemic in Wales:

• There have been called for schools to close early ahead of the festive break to help children and teachers avoid having to self-isolate on Christmas Day
• Restaurants and pubs fear their businesses will be hit if new restrictions are introduced in Wales ahead of Christmas
• It follows comments from Health Minister Vaughan Gething warning fresh rules could be brought in if infection rates rise
• College leaders warn students following vocational courses may not be able to qualify, as they cannot get the work experience they need because of Covid
• And turkey farmers face a dilemma - how big should their birds be - if family gatherings will be smaller

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