Cases in India pass 800,000; France exceeds 30,000 deaths; San Quentin prison in US has seven deaths and 1,500 positive tests 2.55pm BST Holiday businesses in Wales have begun adjusting to the “new normal” with unprecedented levels of demand as lockdown restrictions ease coming as a major boost to an economy that relies heavily on tourism, according to the PA news agency. Tourism supports around 120,000 jobs in Wales – nearly 10% of the country’s workforce – and contributes more than £3 million to the economy. We’re doing virtual check-ins now. We’ve only got four lodges so we could usually give it quite a personal touch and either myself or another member of staff will go down and welcome the guest personally, shake their hand, ask how their journey was. Obviously we can’t do that anymore. Now we give them pre-arrival emails with all the stuff they would normally get, and FaceTime them when they arrive. So what we can’t do is the personal touch, in every sense of the word. So we’ll have to adapt and change. Being closed has been pretty damaging. We’re one of these businesses that plough on in the winter getting ready to recoup near the summer. We, as a family, have worked over a long time to build up the businesses we’ve crafted, but people have really looked after us. You began to wonder would they go to England instead or done something else, because everyone’s had a tough time. 2.39pm BST Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has welcomed figures showing there were no Covid-19 deaths in Scotland in the last 24 hours. Positive cases in past 24 hrs back in single figures (7) after yesterday’s increase . Also, another day with no registered deaths amongst people who had tested positive. Progress still good – but with significant easing of lockdown next week, we all must take care #StaySafe https://t.co/qIHh2HddQf Continue reading…
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