Coronavirus news live: Full ‘firebreak’ lockdown could be imposed in Wales, and Greater Manchester’s hospitals ‘running out of beds’

Wales could be about to go back into a full lockdown (Picture: Getty Images)

Wales could return to a full lockdown with people being told to stay at home again by the end of this week. 

The strict March-style shut down – known as a ‘firebreak’ – is one of the options being considered this morning.

Meanwhile, Greater Manchester could soon run out of beds to treat Covid-19 patients and some of the region’s main hospitals are already full, a leaked NHS document has revealed.

Hospitals in Stockport, Salford and Bolton were already at maximum capacity by Friday, with no spare beds left to cope with spiralling infection rates, reported The Guardian.

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