THIS week will see the return of more 'normality' to our lives as coronavirus restrictions are eased further.

From today, May 17, Wales has entered Alert Level 2 due to decreasing levels of Covid-19, which means more restrictions are eased.

After a gruelling and uncertain year, today marks big changed to the way we can live our lives here in Wales.

First Minister Mark Drakeford said: “Thanks to everyone’s hard work and ongoing efforts, we can take another step towards relaxing the coronavirus restrictions and move to alert level two on Monday.

“Indoor hospitality will be able to reopen, a move that will be welcomed by many of us as we look forward to enjoying a drink, a meal and the company of friends and family in a café or pub.

“By sticking with the rules and our successful vaccine programme, we are making really good progress in controlling the virus and keeping rates low.

“But the pandemic isn’t over – the new, so-called Indian variant of concern is another unwanted twist in this pandemic, which we are monitoring closely.”

Here’s what you can do from today:

• Indoor hospitality can re-open – six people from up to six households (not including children under 11) can book.

• All holiday accommodation can re-open fully;

• Entertainment venues, including cinemas, bingo halls, bowling alleys, indoor-play centres and areas, casinos, amusement arcades, and theatres can re-open. Cinemas, theatres concert halls and sports grounds can sell food and drink as long as it is consumed in a seated area for watching the performance;

• Indoor visitor attractions, including museums and galleries can re-open;

• Up to 30 people can take part in organised indoor activities and up to 50 people in organised outdoor activities. This includes wedding receptions and wakes.

International travel will also resume today with a traffic light system.

Countries will be classified as green, amber and red. This means people living in Wales will be able to travel to a small number of foreign destinations without the need to quarantine on their return. Mandatory quarantine for countries not on the green list remains in place.

What will ease next?

If public health conditions remain positive, the next three-week review will consider:

• Further changes to meeting people in private homes;

• Increasing the number of people who can meet outdoors and the number of people who can attend organised activities and events, including wedding receptions, to 50 indoors and 100 outdoors;

• Permitting larger-scale events to take place indoors and outdoors.