Each of these new local testing sites will provide access to testing for returning students and local residents. Cardiff and Vale health board said the number of Covid-19 patients being admitted to hospitals "is increasing but at a low rate". Two households can again form a bubble, while four people from separate households can meet up indoors or outdoors. Plaid Cymru wants an inquiry into the deaths, with health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth saying: "The Welsh Government needs to respond rapidly to the situation unfolding in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board, there's no time to waste, and action must be taken. Patients who would usually be taken to A&E in an emergency will also be sent elsewhere. A further 638 COVID-19 cases are recorded, along with one death. Cases at the Royal Glamorgan hospital also continue to rise to 127 while there is now 17 confirmed cases at the Prince Charles Hospital and 15 at the Princess of Wales. First Minister Mark Drakeford has attacked the "selfish minority" in Wales who are "putting everyone else at risk" of contracting coronavirus through their behaviour. 23 October Wales begins its 17-day firebreak lockdown in a bid to slow the rise in COVID cases and hospital admissions. The Pontypridd site is the first of 12 centres, which will be created following an agreement between the Welsh Government and the UK Government. Dr Lyons said: "To say [the situation is] out of control would be overstating it, but we keep a very close eye as you can imagine on those figures on a day-by-day basis.". The number of COVID-related death in Wales passes 2,000 as a further 32 deaths take the total to 2,014. 19 June The Welsh Government sets out its programme for easing lockdown restrictions, beginning on 22 June with measures that include allowing retailers to reopen and lifting restrictions on outdoor sports. Appointments for all City-operated testing centers can be made at Curative.com . The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board announces the cancellation of all non-urgent health care as COVID cases continue to rise in the area. There are now "Test to Treat" locations where you can get both COVID-19 testing and treatment. Eight people have died and six are in intensive care at a hospital in Wales after a major coronavirus outbreak was declared. It's a walk-through site, and tests can be booked by calling 119 or by accessing the online service. Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, Andrew Morgan, said he understands that local people are "very concerned". Public Health Wales (PHW), in its daily update on Friday, November 20, announced that 1,020 more people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 following a lab test. Scarborough Health Network - Birchmount Hospital. Mr Simons worked for the health board as a health care support worker at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. As the Welsh economy gets back to normal following the fire-break lockdown and people experience more freedom, Covid-19 is still circulating in communities across Wales and hospitalisations are increasing. Local patients dialling for an ambulance will now be taken to the emergency unit at Royal Glamorgan, while patients who turn up will also be admitted after assessment. The Welsh Government confirms that 1,097 hospital patients were discharged to care homes without a coronavirus test at the beginning of lockdown. Around half of tests are coming back within 24 hours, a decrease on 68% at the end of April. The hospital which serves some of the communities worst affected by the recent resurgence in Covid-19 cases is itself going into a form of lockdown. BBC News reports that donations of items such as of free trees, presents and turkey dinners are being made to families whose Christmas plans have been disrupted by changes to COVID regulations over the festive period. Either way this is a very worrying time for patients. Figures from Public Health Wales indicate some 2,500 COVID cases have been linked to hospitals in Wales since October. "I know many people who have been waiting for medical procedures who have already had them cancelled - and so this news is going to provide for great anxiety for many people. Despite attempts to resuscitate him over the next 50 minutes through CPR and adrenaline treatment he was declared dead.The inquest heard that as a result of his role change there was "nothing to demonstrate" that Mr Macalalad had been a direct close contact of a coronavirus case or a known case while at work. Health bosses fear the health service could be placed under extensive strain when the firebreak ends if new rules are not followed. Private insurance: Insurance must pay or reimburse for 8 at-home test kits per month. The Welsh Government says it is working with authorities in. For the second time in under a week no new deaths are reported for Wales in the most recent 24-hour period. People will get tested whether they have symptoms or not. Something went wrong, please try again later. She said she was sure there were lessons which could be learnt, but it demonstrated the virus was two or three times more infectious than flu. Asked whether Wales has the capacity to roll out mass testing in other towns or local authority areas, while it's taking place in Merthyr Tydfil, Mr Drakeford said it wasn't possible yet. Merthyr needed this due to the rise in our covid cases and it shouldve been introduced. Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives have called for an urgent inquiry into the deaths. The Opposition Labour Party expresses concern the slogan could be confusing, and leaders of the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland say they will keep the original slogan. Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant announced "significant temporary service restrictions" after confirming 82 cases of COVID-19 on site. The number of recorded COVID deaths passes 3,000 as a further 38 deaths take the total to 3,011. Read about our approach to external linking. "I am disappointed that my son can't have his operation, but safety is always key and if that means waiting a little while will put myself, my son and other people involved in all of this out of risk, I'm happy to do so. The recent spike attributed to the Royal Glamorgan has continued and the health board is responsible for all but five of the infections inside hospitals across Wales in the week up to Tuesday. A Swansea bar was shut down on Beaujolais Day after being told a second time it wasn't following the rules, the council has said. 30 September Surgery is temporarily suspended at. The Welsh Government announces that pregnant women can take a partner to antenatal appointments. "Sadly, this outbreak is a reflection of the increase in Covid-19 infections in Rhondda Cynon Taf generally and we understand that local people will be very concerned about this development," they said. Covid-19 infection caught within hospitals has been a problem since early in the pandemic, affecting hundreds of patients in Wales, although it is an issue across the UK. 29 October A further 48 workers at a food factory in Bedwas test positive for COVID-19. The changes follow the opening of the Ysbyty'r Seren field hospital in Bridgend. "I would urge everyone to treat this as a huge wake-up call", she said. The health board said early evidence . This will see some patients being transferred out of the Royal Glamorgan and Cwm Taf's two other main hospitals - Prince Charles in Merthyr and the Princess of Wales in Bridgend - to relieve the pressure on them. Welsh Ambulance Service (999) patients, excluding children, will be diverted to other sites. 5 May Figures from the Office for National Statistics for the week ending 24 April show 21,997 deaths from all causes registered in England and Wales; this is a decrease of 354 from the previous week but still nearly twice the five-year average for the time of year. The health board has more coronavirus patients than at any time since the pandemic began, according to NHS Wales figures. Ms Davies-Jones said that it is the "selfish actions of a small minority" that are causing the virus to spread. The temporary measures came into force at 14:00 BST on Wednesday. Another top UK government coronavirus expert had to remotely give a national update on the pandemic on Friday as they were self-isolating. . A further 576 COVID-19 cases are confirmed in Wales along with five deaths. 16 August The shielding programme ends in Wales; it is the last part of the UK to end its shielding programme. Following calls by medical experts to review plans to relax COVID rules over Christmas, First Minister Mark Drakeford says such a decision would not be taken lightly. affecting hundreds of patients in Wales, although it is an issue across the UK. Speaking earlier to Radio Wales, he also said he could not guarantee that there would not have to be a return to tougher lockdown if people did not follow the rules. 11 September The Welsh Government announces that the wearing of face coverings in shops and other indoor spaces will become compulsory from 14 September, and that indoor meetings of more than six people will be banned. Swansea Bay health board, which also covers Neath Port Talbot, said the single death reported by Public Health Wales on Wednesday happened in its area. 31 October First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that the firebreak lockdown will end on 9 November, regardless of the lockdown announced for England. But its all very well organised. The guidance also says that people should be able to purchase non-essential items in exceptional circumstances. Mr Macalalad, who was born in the Philippines, had been diagnosed with type two non-insulin-dependent diabetes in 2011.In 2019, Mr Macalalad had surgery for pneumonia and a collapsed lung and the inquest heard that in March 2020 he was increasingly anxious about how his health conditions increased his vulnerability to coronavirus. One person has died there too. Dr Kate Clark, deputy medical director, added: "Although cases at Ysbyty Gwynedd [in Bangor]remain low, we are seeing an increase in the number of patients being admitted with Covid-19 into Wrexham Maelor Hospital.". Travel restrictions will also be lifted, but people will not be allowed to leave the country. Gibraltar and Thailand are added to the quarantine exemption list from 04:00 on 19 September, while travellers from Guadeloupe and Slovenia will be required to self-isolate is they arrive in Wales after then. Retailers put forward proposals to "resolve confusion" over the sale of non-essential items, suggesting they are not cordoned off but instead a sign advises customers to put off their purchase, thus giving the customer the final decision over whether or not to buy the product. Gyms, swimming pools and soft play areas reopen in Wales. Travel is permitted anywhere within Wales. 30 September - Surgery is temporarily suspended at Royal Glamorgan Hospital following 60 COVID cases and eight deaths at the hospital. Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives have called for an urgent inquiry into the deaths. Staff at a Tesco Extra store in Cardiff are self-isolating after a colleague tested positive for coronavirus. Six patients are. ", Cwm Taf Morgannwg infections swell hospital numbers, Covid-related patients in NHS up by 49% in a week, US and Russia trade blows over Ukraine at G20, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat. The wearing of face coverings becomes mandatory on public transport in Wales. Live updates on coronavirus from UK and around world. He said: "We've seen a 90% increase in the number of Covid-related patients in critical care. The results of the chest X-ray showed that small blood clots had appeared on his chest and although his condition had deteriorated slightly, written evidence by Dr Ahmed Benjamin, a consultant respiratory physician at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, said that MrMacalalalad was considered stable.Mr Macalalad was discovered unresponsive having suffered a cardiac arrest while wearing a CPAP mask. The Welsh Government announces plans to take the. Lockdown restrictions are extended in Caerphilly for another week. Passengers on a flight from Zante to Cardiff on 25 August are told to self-isolate after a person on board subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. The latest coronavirus infection rates have been revealed in every county in Wales (outlined below). 2 July The Welsh Government announces that pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants can open outdoors from 13 July. 30 July First Minister Mark Drakeford confirms pubs, restaurants and cafes can reopen for indoor customers from 3 August. With the possibility of a second national lockdown for Wales, Hugh Evans, the leader of, 19 October The Welsh Government announces a "short, sharp" lockdown from Friday 23 October to Monday 9 November, during which pubs, restaurants and hotels will close and people will be told to stay at home. Health officials in Wales say they are ready to roll out a vaccine within days subject to its approval. The health board's boss said it faced "incredibly challenging circumstances". The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales during 2020. Mr Hughes also said that it was likely that Mr Macalalad's previous respiratory conditions had played a part in his ability to fight the virus.He ruled that it was unlikely that the causation of Covid infection occurred during his employment and while there was the possibility that he could have come into contact with somebody asymptomatic at work there was not enough evidence to suggest the death was industrially linked.Mr Hughes recorded a conclusion of natural causes and offered his condolences to the family of Mr Macalalad including those in the Philippines. Howevergiven the nature of coronavirus, there is an inevitable time delay in when we will see the positive impact of these measures.". 752 new cases of coronavirus as figures show three further deaths in Wales. Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital was at the centre of Wales' Covid-19 outbreak earlier this year Aneurin Bevan health board, which covers Blaenau Gwent, Newport, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire and. Find out more about how we use your information in our privacy policy and cookie policy. The total number of people in Wales who have now died with lab-confirmed coronavirus stands at 2,338. At Aneurin Bevan, the number of cases has risen to 40 patients and four staff members at Newport's Royal Gwent hospital. The new coronavirus testing facility will be based at the University of South Wales in Treforest, Never miss a big story in Pontypridd again. If you have any questions, please contact Procurement and Supply Chain Management on 8425 9200. Click here to read the full article on todays latest statistics from Public Health Wales. Dr Lyons said in a statement released by the health board that "the safety of our patients and staffremains our first priority andimmediate measures to contain the spread of the virus have been put in place. You can follow live updates from the testing centre here. It follows an outbreak of 82 coronavirus cases, which has caused the hospital to suspend most services. "The situation is a worrying one, and all steps are being taken to protect existing patients, staff, and to ensure that those residents that were due to leave the hospital are directed to appropriate care in other hospitals in the near vicinity.". Occupancy in the month of April for Scotland and Wales will only briefly exceed 40%, while Northern Ireland reported a peak of 51% early in the month. Mass-testing is also underway with staff and patients. The crowd, which grew from a much smaller one initially, has been chanting freedom as it made its way through the citys streets, according to the Liverpool Echo. 2023 BBC. 22 April Doctors in Wales have written a joint letter to First Minister. They can sometimes be driven by things like an outbreak in a care home or workplace, rather than widespread community transmission. Neath Port Talbot is the second highest with a rate of 258.9, up from 239.3. Mass COVID testing is to be rolled out to a second area of Wales, with people living and working in the lower Cynon valley area being tested. 28 June Opposition parties in Wales express their concern after figures indicate the turnaround speed of COVID-19 tests has slowed in the country. Deaths per week in hospital are falling while those in care homes continue to increase, and for the year to 24 April, 5,890 deaths in care homes involved COVID-19. 10 May The UK government updates its coronavirus message from "stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives" to "stay alert, control the virus, save lives". 11 July As some holiday homes reopen in Wales, First Minister Mark Drakeford says it is "absolutely safe" to visit the country again. See the different R rates across the UK here. A COVID-19 outbreak is reported at Swansea's. Cwm Taf Morgannwg medical director Nick Lyons said: "Patient safety always has been of utmost importance in making these changes, and safety will continue to remain at the centre of our planning, as we lift restrictions at the Royal Glamorgan.". Credit: ITV . A further 199 daily COVID-19 cases are reported for Wales, but no further deaths. 11 March Wales has its first case of "community transmission", when a patient in Caerphilly with no travel history tests positive for COVID-19. Royal Mail said the people were "recuperating at home and we wish them a speedy recovery" and a number of "deep cleans" had been carried out at the site. "Provided people approach it in that way, then those risks will be minimised," he said. Testing will only be available for people with coronavirus symptoms which include a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, or a loss or change to senseof smellor taste. Wales becomes the first part of the UK to place quarantine restrictions on travellers arriving into the UK from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra, with the new rules coming into effect from midnight; they come into force at 4am on 8 August for the rest of the UK. Figures from the Office for National Statistics for the week ending 17 April show 22,351 deaths registered in England and Wales, nearly double the five-year average and the highest weekly total since comparable records began in 1993. Brains, one of Wales's largest breweries, announces the closure of 100 pubs from Friday 4 December. 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat. The families of workers at a meat processing plant in. Published. The problem is not confined to Cwm Taf Morgannwg and there was a spike in cases at the Betsi Cadwaladr health board over the summer. The petition, created the previous day, will be debated in the parliament as it has passed the threshold of 5,000 needed for a Senedd debate. ", Dr Ruth Alcolado, deputy medical director, told BBC Wales: "This is a very difficult situation and we extend our sympathies to all those families who have been affected - whether they have sadly died or if they are suffering from Covid.". He said he's been following a number of the conversations between people about whether Christmas is actually so special that the measures taken afterwards would be a reasonable "payback" for it. Asked if the First Minister could provide a timeframe for when people may start receive the vaccine or a target for when a certain amount of people will have received it, Mr Drakeford said: "I'm not in a position to make a commitment of that sort.". return to Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The hospital said the emergency department will remain open for walk-in patients and those who can be treated in the ambulatory care department. That's gone up from 16 to 34.". It's a. What is the political response to the outbreak? "We are taking the outbreaks extremely seriously and the stringent and robust mitigating actions which have been taken across our sites are being closelyobserved. Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Whiskey fungus forces Jack Daniels to stop construction, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Greek trains halted as anger over crash grows, Robert F Kennedy assassin denied parole again, NFL hopeful accused of racing in deadly car crash, Aboriginal spears taken in 1770 to return to Sydney. As of 9am on Tuesday, there had been a further 7,143 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK - the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began, although far more tests are being carried out than in the spring. Closing the inquest coroner Graeme Hughes said the conclusion drawn that Mr Macalalad died of a pulmonary thromboembolism and coronavirus pneumonitis with type two diabetes as the secondary cause was sustained. Then it was about clearing the decks in anticipation of the first wave. Wales reports another day without any new deaths, its fifth over the last ten days. A Level results are published. Up to 30 people may attend an indoor meal following a wedding or funeral from the same date. From Thursday at 6pm, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Conwy and Wrexham, all in North Wales, will also join the list of areas under local lockdowns. Restrictions were brought in at the start of the outbreak two weeks ago, including diverting 999 cases to alternative hospitals. One death has now been recorded in the outbreak at the Prince Charles Hospital and the health board also revealed they are monitoring another outbreak, this time at the Princess of Wales Hospital. The number of staff affected has not been revealed, but Tesco said it was a small number. COVID-19 vaccination program. While rules will still be relaxed for five days, unlike the rest of the UK, only two households, plus a single person living alone, will be permitted to meet up between 23 and 27 December. First Minister Mark Drakeford says the ban on supermarkets selling non-essential items will not be reversed. In Swansea Bay, the health board said hospital onset infections had affected 18 patients and 16 staff, who had tested positive, mostly in the cardiac services department at Morriston hospital. Betsi Cadwaladr health board, which covers the newly announced lockdown areas of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham, said cases "remain low in our hospitals". "Frontline staff are doing an incredible job in challenging circumstances but they must be supported by competent protocols and management at both health board and ministerial level," he said. As a result, he said the rules currently in place which prevent more than four people over the age of 11 from different households from meeting indoors or outdoors, unless it is for officially organised sport, must remain in place for at least two week. Swansea Council licensing officers, working with colleagues from the police, were out throughout the day and evening on Thursday visiting premises in the city centre, Uplands, Mumbles, Clydach, Brynmill and Pontarddulais, ensuring the rules were being followed. Color Health. A further 23 people died with coronavirus in Wales, Public Health Wales said in its daily update on Thursday, bringing the death toll to date to 2,307. NHS Wales chief executive Andrew Goodall earlier this week spoke of the challenges of dealing with Covid, saying it was a virus that "surprises us with its ability, particularly in closed settings, in its ability to transmit across to other parts of hospital and healthcare settings". 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