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He said the country has a "very committed and purposeful plan" and that the NHS is committed to ensuring the vaccination is given out quickly. Read the latest information about COVID-19 from Public Health Wales. ", He added: "In that way you will get proper and authoritative information that is to be relied upon.". The Welsh Ministers must review the need for the requirements and restrictions in the regulations every 21 days. Back to top. That's all for today from First Minister Mark Drakeford. "I'm not going to allow people to exaggerate where we are compared to where other parts of the UK are as if that were the most important thing to let people in Wales know about today," he said. The UK government's Welsh secretary says sending all pupils back to school in England on 8 March is "definitely in line" with scientific advice from England's chief medical officer. Read the full guidance on staying at home and away from others for everyone in the UK. There will also be 14 mobile units providing vaccinations to care homes around Wales.. Relief, anxiety and frustration are among the many emotions felt by parents and teachers in response to teaching remaining online in Wales until February. Officers from South Wales Police were called to a private house in Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taf where they came across the party in full swing. I want to thank everyone in Wales for this collective effort. On Monday, the Government will begin publishing daily figures and the Health Minister will publish a vaccination plan next week. The force was conducting high-visibility patrols on Thursday, January 7 and advised 28 out of 40 drivers to leave the area and go home. The Welsh Government is guided by the latest scientific evidence, advice from our Chief Medical Officer and the latest public health advice. Asked for reassurance for those who have heard misleading things about the efficiency or safety of the available vaccines, Mr Drakeford said the vaccine comes after full exploration from the MHRA, the body that certifies vaccinations, and with the full scrutiny of the JCVI. GOV.WALES uses cookies which are essential for the site to work. The Welsh … Mr Drakeford said the vaccine roll out will carry on getting faster in the weeks ahead. From next week, he said more information will be available publicly including the daily rate of vaccinations carried out. Mr Drakeford added that he plans to discuss further how they can "make good" the additional loss of face-to-face education time in 2021. See the latest advice from NHS Direct Wales and use the Coronavirus COVID-19 Symptom Checker. Another 56 people have died with coronavirus in Wales and close to 2,500 new cases have been reported. He said Wales remains in the early days of vaccination and will "gather momentum in the weeks ahead". They also impose requirements on businesses that are open to take all reasonable measures to ensure physical distancing between people. He said: "First, we will work with major supermarkets and retailers to make sure people are safe when they go shopping. Asked again about Wales lagging behind other UK nations in the number of vaccinations given to date, Mr Drakeford said: "We are talking about fractions of one decimal point here. "There are no plans for bringing in a curfew in Wales or I would have announced it today," Mr Drakeford told reporters. I want to acknowledge the loss some families have experienced. He said the Government will continue to address these needs. "And this stepped-up enforcement effort will continue," he said. I want to see at least the same level of protection today as in the early days of the pandemic. The First Minister is now taking questions from reporters. The Welsh Government has today launched a new campaign to promote the important support available to businesses to help them deal with the continued pressures of coronavirus and plan for a brighter future. South Wales Police handed out fixed penalty notices and warnings to those not adhering to current restrictions across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Following the First Minister's announcement on the 29thMay, Wales Golf has received clarification from the Welsh Government. Any changes to the current measures will be announced by the Welsh Government on Friday. "I think we have learnt the strong seasonality of coronavirus. Health minister Vaughan Gething says 1,212 care home residents and 1,206 care home staff in Wales have so far tested positive for Covid-19. What you need to do at alert level 4. Here are the main developments: More than 362,000 people have … First Minister Mark Drakeford said he had … We have them now, they will help," he said. He said people who have not been told to shield this time around should interpret it to mean that their "underlying health condition is not as susceptible to this virus as initially thought". Supermarket bosses will be required by law to ensure Covid rules are followed following abuse of staff and breaches by customers. ... Navigate to the next page. Most young people will now be taught online until January 29. But ultimately, he said, Wales never ran out of PPE and ended supplying it to other parts of the UK throughout the pandemic. Asked why that might be, Mr Drakeford said the people on the on shielding list change all the time as more is learned about the virus. Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the public health situation was continuing to improve across Wales as Covid cases fall. That's it from our live coverage of the Welsh Government's update on the pandemic. Unless there is a significant reduction in cases of coronavirus by the next review, this will continue until the February half term. Live coronavirus updates as First Minister Mark Drakeford sets out new laws supermarkets and workplaces have to obey ... the Welsh Government has announced. Wales started with just seven vaccination centres – today that number is 22 and that will rise to 35, he said. The First Minister was given an example of a person in Wales who was told to shield during the first lockdown, but has not been given that advice this time around. The government will hold a coronavirus update today – read on for the time and how to watch Rishi Sunak's budget announcement. He said when the supplies become available in the UK in the late spring "we will certainly be using them here in Wales". 1. 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That brings our live coverage of the Welsh Government coronavirus briefing to a close. The First Minister has said he hopes to be able to provide an update next week on how people in Wales could safely see their family and friends. The UK government is under pressure to reconsider cancelling exams in England next summer after Wales called off end-of-year GCSE and A-level tests for its students.. Having already announced this morning that the lockdown will continue to 29 January, when it will be reviewed again, Mr Drakeford said that the Welsh Government will be strengthening the alert level four measures in three main areas. The Welsh Government Find out more about The Welsh Government. Some 1,580 beds were occupied with confirmed cases of the virus, 196 with suspected cases and 996 with those recovering from the virus. Our preference remains a 4-nation response to coming out of lock-down, and we remain in consultation with all parts of the UK. ... told the Welsh government on February 5. Click here for the full story. Asked why Wales is lagging behind other UK nations in terms of vaccinations administered, Mr Drakeford said: "Vaccination is neither a sprint nor a contest.". Read the full story here. "It is not the case that Wales is somehow far adrift from the rest of the United Kingdom.". Welsh Government issue update ahead of lockdown announcement ... prior to tomorrow's announcement and ensure everyone in Wales can have the pleasure of seeing their family and friends next … "That is the real story people in Wales need to know about," he said. Mr Drakeford says the new, highly contagious strain of the virus has taken a firm foothold in Wales, where cases remain high, one in four tests come back positive and more than 2,700 coronavirus-related patients are being cared for in Welsh hospitals. The result is a decreasing number of new cases and a reproduction rate that is going down. However, he said that the Government would look at what other measures might be necessary if a new strain of coronavirus were to take hold and drive numbers up again. Read stay-at-home guidancefor households with p… He said Wales was also questioned at one point about its testing regime not being the same as the rest of the UK. Referring to the planned vaccination timetable for priority groups set out by the Prime Minister, Mr Drakeford said: "I absolutely share the same ambition.". He says ministers are considering whether to replace the "stay at home" instruction next … He said this year, we are also entering the better weather whereas during the first wave, we were coming out of the warmer weather. Current Golf Industry Guidelines are still in place. That's all from our live coverage of the Welsh Government's update on the pandemic. The Welsh Government has held its first review of the measures this week, which were put in place a week before Christmas. He said all frontline ambulance staff in Wales will have had their first dose by next week and the Government will be extending vaccination to staff working in special schools and to school and college staff who are at risk, in line with the latest advice from the JCVI. Here's the latest on when the coronavirus lockdown will next be reviewed. He said the inquiries are expressing anxiety on behalf of the public that the visible protections that they could see during the first lockdown don't appear to be there this time. He said this is despite the fact that in many ways, with the more aggressive strain of the virus, those protections are needed even more now. 1 March 2021 Press release Communities … Asked whether vaccinating teachers sooner would make schools safe enough to reopen for face-to-face teaching, Mr Drakeford said: "We are guided as every government in the UK by the priority groups established by JCVI. Next Welsh Government has to be “ambitious” to recover from pandemic warns Plaid Cymru Newyddion - News Editor February 15, 2021 Live updates as First Minister Mark Drakeford gives Welsh Government coronavirus briefing. 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He said that while Wales wants to get the top four groups vaccinated as fast as possible, it depends on how quickly we can ramp up capacity to deliver the vaccine and the supply of the vaccine coming into Wales. He said this is "exactly why" the Welsh Government wants to get children back into school for face-to-face learning as soon as possible. Find out the rules where you live with your post code: That's all for tonight. New restrictions on the hospitality sector will be brought in from next Friday. For that reason, the stay-at … Read what they said here. Vulnerable learners and children of critical workers will continue to have face-to-face learning and childcare remains open.". Join us on Monday for all the latest coronavirus updates. The following guidelines will come into force from the 1stJune 2020. The new strain of the virus is so much more contagious that we have to look again at the defences in place to keep workplaces safe, working with employers and trade unions to do so. Here's a reminder of the main points from Monday:. Wales will be the first UK nation to have offered the top four priority groups a Covid jab, the Welsh Government has said. The Welsh Government has revealed its timetable for a "final decision" on an all-Wales lockdown in an update on discussions. However, advice available from the technical advisory group demonstrates that with the current community transmission and spread of the new variant it "is simply not safe enough", he said. The virus remains a very serious threat to us all and we cannot be complacent in any way. The lack of a role for the Welsh Government in handing out money from the new fund is criticised. He said Wales is building up its plan, and emphasised that the Oxford vaccine has been available for less than five days. When approached by WalesOnline, the Welsh Government said the the latest R rate in Wales estimated by the SPI-M group is between 0.7 and 1.0 with a central estimate of 0.9. Mr Drakeford said that there were 22,000 doses of the Oxford vaccine available in Wales from Monday. "We have three vaccines now going to be available and we have an ambitious programme to make sure they are going to be used as fast as possible," he said. That's all from our coverage of the Welsh Government coronavirus press briefing for Friday - thanks for joining us. He added that to date the Welsh Government has distributed over 10,000 devices to families and has paid for wifi access for those who need it.