PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed calls to stop holidaymakers from coronavirus hotspots in England coming to Wales.

The Prime Minister was asked during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday whether there should be a blanket ban on people from travelling to Wales from parts of England where Covid rates are high.

As it stands, people living in Wales who return from countries where the infection rate is over 20 cases for every 100,000 people have to self isolate for two weeks.

But people living in areas of England where the infection rate is over 200 cases for every 100,000 people, like it is in Burnley, are able to travel to North Wales on holiday with no quarantine.

This is because, unlike in Wales where people in areas in local lockdown are banned from leaving the county without a reasonable excuse, there are no such restrictions in England.

Welsh local lockdown rules tell people not to travel outside that area unless they have a reasonable excuse - and going on holiday is not deemed a reasonable excuse.

Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has called for the rules to be changed in England and Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts raised the issue in the House of Commons.

She said: "Leisure travel [to Wales] from lockdown areas has got to stop."

Replying, the Prime Minister said: "There are different measures in different places, but overall the UK is proceeding with the same approach.

"And I am very grateful for Mark Drakeford and the Welsh Government for the way we are working together to defeat the virus.

"Yes there will be some differences, and yes there will be some seeming illogicalities, but that is inevitable in tackling a pandemic, but I am grateful for the co-operation that is being given."

On Tuesday, First Minister Mark Drakeford called on the Prime Minister to ban people from travelling to Wales from coronavirus hotspots in England.

Mr Drakeford said he would not want to bring in border controls but instead called on Mr Johnson to act.