Waves of Primark shoppers were seen queuing outside a Primark store in Cardiff just hours after the fire-break lockdown ended in Wales

Primark was hit by a tsunami of shoppers with people queueing outside its Cardiff store just hours after the end of the two-week lockdown.

Colossal queues wrapped around the Primark store this morning as non-essential shops reopened in Wales following a two-week fire-break lockdown.

Bargain hunters filed the pavement as they lined up at a social distance outside the store in anticipation of its grand reopening at 9am.

The mass surge sparked concerns whether First Minister Mark Drakeford lifted the lockdown too soon, Wales Online reports.

Wales’ health minister said cases are levelling off after its 17-day lockdown.