A limited circuit-breaker lockdown for Wales is due to be announced in the next few days, the BBC has been told.
Restaurateurs, food businesses and unions have called for urgent clarity on the government’s plans to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Hospitality firms and council leaders were briefed this week.
The Welsh Government said there was a growing consensus a different set of measures were needed, but no decisions have been made.
No outline has been given of which sectors may have to close, but a group of businesses say there are proposals to shut hospitality.
A circuit-breaker is a short period of time where tighter restrictions are brought in to break the trajectory of coronavirus cases rising.
It is not yet clear when the announcement will be made, or for how long a limited shutdown would last.
Welsh Government minister Eluned Morgan confirmed detailed discussions were ongoing, but there was unlikely to be a decision before the weekend.
She told BBC Radio Cymru: “We need to think about several factors when considering this because people are worried about their jobs, and we would have to make sure there was an economic package in place”.
Welsh Secretary Simon Hart has written to First Minister Mark Drakeford asking him to give businesses time to prepare.