• People in the Caerphilly borough are not allowed to leave the borough unless there is a good reason or reasonable excuse for them to do so. A LOCAL lockdown has been put in place in the Caerphilly County Borough due to the number of cases continuously rising. The Black mountains, Brynamman. The measures follow a spike in cases of Covid-19. This is one of the highest rates in the UK. Its as three Greek islands are added to Welsh quarantine list. Sign up to the South Wales Argus daily coronavirus update email newsletter by registering here. It is the first local lockdown to be put in place in Wales and comes after 133 cases in the borough were announced in just the past seven days. Areas in Tier 2 are banned from mixing with other households indoors. On Saturday, the Welsh Government said 450 people were tested and 19 were positive – a positivity rate of 4%. Residents living in the county have to adhere to stricter guidance following the announcement of a lockdown from 6pm on Tuesday. People who breach new laws could face fixed penalty notices of £60 for a first offence. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Caerphilly lockdown rules to be enforced by police. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? The area will go into lockdown from 6pm. A range of new measures have come into force in a bid to reduce the number of new coronavirus infections. Fixed penalty notices of £60 can be issued for most types of breaches of the regulations. He told ITV Wales, "If we don't take action now, we'll see further community spread, more people being infected with coronavirus and that is more likely to lead to people in the greatest risk of harm being infected.". Lockdown restrictions are to be imposed across Caerphilly County Borough from tomorrow, the Welsh Government has announced. What are the rules on working from home for residents of the Caerphilly County Borough area? As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. The new rules mean from 6pm on Sunday, … • Enter a shop without a face covering if you are aged over 11 unless you are part of the exempt category. "Due to the nature of the virus and the length of time it takes for symptoms to develop, we could see cases continuing to increase for up to two weeks yet. First published: 2 October 2020. Menu. We can only bring this local outbreak under control if everyone pulls together and follows these new steps.". Caerphilly, which goes into local lockdown this evening, recorded 44 new cases today, the highest in Wales, taking the total number of people infected in the area over the last seven days to 132. The Welsh county borough of Caerphilly will remain in lockdown until at least October after a spike in coronavirus cases prompted fresh restrictions. Which areas are in local lockdown and what are the rules? Penalties will double with every subsequent offence, to a maximum of £1,920. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. HP10 9TY | 01676637 | Registered in England & Wales. • Meet people outdoors – while the restrictions on meeting others indoors have been brought back, you are able to meet family and friends outdoors – providing that you continue to follow social distancing guidelines. By Clare Snowdon @swguardian Multimedia Reporter. The infection rate in Caerphilly has now risen to 72.9 per 100,000 people, one … Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. People who live in the Caerphilly County Borough area must work from home unless it not reasonably practicable to do so. A Gwent Police officer attending a house gathering in Rhymney. If they don't, we'll need to take further measures to protect peoples' lives and their wellbeing. Restrictions will be … If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. The lockdown rules come into place on Tuesday, September 8 from 6pm and here is everything you need to know about what people can and cannot do in the Caerphilly borough while the lockdown is in place. Vaughan Gething also said many of the cases have been linked to younger people, and the spike in cases shows how transmission can spread "very quickly.". For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, see our cookie policy. The new local lockdown restrictions in Caerphilly will apply to everyone living and visiting the county borough and will be enforced from 6pm on Tuesday. What I don't want to do is see them become a real factor and potentially have to close them because there's real economic harm to be done there.". At the moment, it is unclear on whether you will still be able to visit pubs, restaurants and other venues after the 6pm lockdown is introduced – it will most likely depend on the procedures in place by the individual venues and their ability to cater for outdoors only.