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. Dad Robert Ashton and 73-year-old Patricia Barnett both died within around 24 hours of each other from the virus back in April. The Welsh Government is concerned over figures creeping up in Gwent in recent days, Mr Drakeford said. In response the Welsh Government says there will be no return to local restrictions once the firebreak ends on 9 November. ", 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. Public Health Wales records a further 102 new cases of COVID-19. 18 May Jury trials resume at a handful of courts in England and Wales, having been suspended since the beginning of the lockdown restrictions. The latest coronavirus infection rates have been revealed in every county in Wales (outlined below). 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. 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. The latest move follows two wards being closed last week. 12 November Figures indicate that 1,529 people are in hospital in Wales with COVID-19 related conditions, roughly 20% of all hospital beds in Wales, and higher than at the peak of the pandemic in April 2020, but that only 40% of intensive care beds are occupied with COVID patients when compared to earlier in the year. A health board battling Covid outbreaks is starting to allow 999 emergencies back to the worst hit of its three affected hospitals. 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The number of staff affected has not been revealed, but Tesco said it was a small number. Restrictions were brought in at the start of the outbreak two weeks ago, including diverting 999 cases to alternative hospitals. 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. This was down from 1,048 from Thursday. Last week the health board said it had closed two wards within the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in an effort to contain a cluster of 34 cases. 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.". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Neath Port Talbot is the second highest with a rate of 258.9, up from 239.3. A major outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant. Health bosses say they can start lifting restrictions at a hospital hit by 38 deaths from Covid-19. 10 November GCSE, AS and A Level exams scheduled for the summer of 2021 are scrapped in favour of grades based on classroom assessment. Intensive care units were also busy, but with "small numbers" of Covid patients. Cwm Taf Morgannwg has most hospital patients, Covid-related patients in NHS in Wales up by 49% in a week, Wales travel ban: Rules for travel from England hotspots. The temporary measures came into force at 14:00 BST on Wednesday. Among the restrictions set to come into force. The 12 areas of Wales under local lockdown restrictions are Caerphilly county borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Blaenau Gwent, Cardiff, Swansea, the town of Llanelli, Neath Port Talbot, the Vale of Glamorgan, and Torfaen. 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. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Asked whether it's right to relax freedoms at Christmas, while putting others who may not support the decision at an increased risk for catching coronavirus, Mr Drakeford replied: "It doesn't put people at increased risk because people can still choose for themselves how they used those new freedoms. There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The rules Wales brought in after the fire-break lockdown will remain in force for another two weeks, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said today. 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. 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. Color Health. Data from Public Health Wales indicates COVID cases have hit their highest level in more than half of Wales's council areas. Figures from Public Health Wales indicate some 2,500 COVID cases have been linked to hospitals in Wales since October. 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. 26 August The Welsh Government announces that it will be up to individual schools and local authorities to decide whether or not face coverings are mandatory for secondary school pupils. . Meanwhile, the Royal Mail has confirmed 18 people at its main sorting and delivery centre on Penarth Road, Cardiff, have tested positive for Covid. Students in Wales wishing to travel home for Christmas are told they must do so before 9 December. 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. Figures published by Public Health Wales indicate a dramatic rise in COVID cases in. "We are taking the outbreaks extremely seriously and the stringent and robust mitigating actions which have been taken across our sites are being closelyobserved. He said that the outbreaks at the Princess of Wales and Prince Charles hospitals are "significantly smaller than at the Royal Glamorgan" and they are working with Public Health Wales to "closely monitor" coronavirus cases at all three hospitals. Mr Macalalad was told by his GP that he did not qualify for a shielding letter, but in April 2020 his employer, Cardiff and Vale University, moved from his post as a theatre assistant to a non patient-facing role.On May 5 last year Mr Macalalad received a call from his wife Elsie, a nurse at Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda, to say she had been sent home from work with coronavirus symptoms.Five days after receiving a positive coronavirus result on May 12 he was admitted to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital due to difficulty in breathing. 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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. 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. 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. They can sometimes be driven by things like an outbreak in a care home or workplace, rather than widespread community transmission. Scientific advisers have "strongly" urged people to postpone Christmas get-togethers and reunions, and suggested anyone with children should "pre-isolate" for ten days before meeting elderly relatives. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales (2020). Wales records another day with no COVID-19 deaths. Read about our approach to external linking. More than 25% are A* and A grades, compared to 18.4% in 2019. Beauty salons, tattooists, nail bars, spas, tanning shops. "They are early numbers, so I don't want to put too much weight on them," he said. Allan Macalalad became unwell in May 2020 He is the latest high-level Westminster official to go into self-isolation as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, NHS national medical director professor Stephen Powis, and Baroness Dido Harding, who leads the NHS Test and Trace programme, have also had to take the same action. There are 20 patients in its hospitals with coronavirus, three of whom are in intensive care. This includes halting planned surgery - except for some urgent cancer operations. As a result, a total of 434 pupils and more than 20 staff have had to self isolate. See the different R rates across the UK here. The health board's boss said it faced "incredibly challenging circumstances". Find out the worst-hit school and read more here. Temporary restrictions to some services remain in place at the Royal Glamorgan while the health board said "immediate measures to contain the spread of the virus have been taken" at the two other sites. Wales enters lockdown after rules were briefly relaxed over Christmas Day. All South Australians aged 5 and over can now book a COVID-19 vaccination. Revealing early plans for the so-called Lateral Flow Tests, which deliver results in as little as 30 minutes, the First Minister said testing in care homes are part of the discussions. 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. First Minister Mark Drakeford said plans are now being made about who will get the tests, who will carry them out and where. 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.". A support package for freelance workers worth 7m is launched; it is overwhelmed with applications, and closed to some applicants within an hour of its launch. Andrew Goodall, chief executive of NHS Wales, told the Senedd health committee on Tuesday the number had gone up by 60% in just seven days to 550. Andrew RT Davies, health spokesman for the Welsh Conservatives, said "serious questions must be answered" and called for an "immediate investigation". A father and grandmother from the same family died within one day of each other with coronavirus. Public Health Wales confirmed 1,020 new cases and 31 deaths on Friday. "Coronavirus is still here, coronavirus is still killing people, coronavirus remains a deadly disease," he said. The hospital said the "significant temporary service restrictions", which includes suspending planned surgery, will be put in place from 2pm. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. One man who has been to get tested at Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre on Saturday said he was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the queue was moving. 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. Plaid Cymru Rhondda MS, Leanne Wood said: "This is deeply concerning news, as is the rise in infection figures for the Royal Glamorgan. As the number of people in hospital with COVID reaches its highest level in Wales, standing at 2,231, Dr Simon Barry, a leading respiratory expert, warns that things could get "significantly worse". Three more Covid-19 deaths at Royal Glamorgan Hospital bringing total to 13 There has been one death related to the Covid-19 outbreak at the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. The data also reveals that the total number of beds occupied in Welsh hospitals by Covid-19-related patients has been increasing since the end of September and is now exceeding the level of hospitalisations seen at the peak of the first wave in April, 2020. 25 July Campsites with shared facilities are allowed to reopen. Something went wrong, please try again later. A further 28 people have died in Wales after contracting Covid-19 and more than 1,000 new cases have been confirmed across the country. This was up on 640 from Wednesday. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. At Cwm Taf Morgannwg, Dr Lyons said the health board's intensive care units "thankfully" were not as busy now as they were in April but added: "The numbers are quite challenging "I'm confident that we have the beds that we need and the intensive care capacity that we need to treat all our patients with Covid, whilst at the same time being able to continue the most urgent surgery and deal with patients coming to our emergency departments "But as we gaze over the horizon into the coming weeks and months that becomes more difficult to predict. A COVID-19 outbreak is reported at Swansea's. 2 July The Welsh Government announces that pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants can open outdoors from 13 July. 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Hospital and care home visits are suspended in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf because of concerns about rising COVID-19 cases in those areas. In the most week for which figures are available, Wales registered more than 150 deaths in one week for the first time since May. 9 October Lockdown restrictions are announced for. Walgreens. 20 November As the latest infection survey for Wales indicates COVID-19 cases peaked at the end of October, First Minister, 21 November A programme of mass testing begins in. A hundred people are self-isolating after 14 COVID-19 cases are linked to a sports club awards evening in. 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. From Thursday at 6pm, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Conwy and Wrexham, all in North Wales, will also join the list of areas under local lockdowns. The Welsh Government has said it is unlikely to introduce such restrictions before the Christmas period. The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales during 2020. Two wards at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital were closed last week because of a coronavirus outbreak, A mum whose son was due to have an operation on Monday says she is "disappointed", Kirsty Williams said it was a "serious situation" at the coronavirus briefing, Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital was at the centre of Wales' Covid-19 outbreak earlier this year, Eighteen staff at the Cardiff centre have been sent home with Covid. Children under 11 will no longer be required to stay two meters apart from each other or from adults from that date, and outdoor gatherings of up to 30 people will be allowed. The case rise comes one week after the health board said 34 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded across two of the hospital's wards, linked mainly to transmission within the site. However Cwm Taf said it would now be carefully lifting the restriction. The total number of people in Wales who have now died with lab-confirmed coronavirus stands at 2,338. See Medi-Cal instructions for getting free test kits PDF. Mr Morgan described the outbreaks as a "reminder to us all" of how bad things were at the worst point in the pandemic. A helpline has been set up for anyone affected by the outbreak at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. Video1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat, How 10% of Nigerian registered voters delivered victory, Sake brewers toast big rise in global sales, The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip. 2023 BBC. "We are anticipating at moment that the restrictions will be in place at the Royal Glamorgan for two weeks before any review," Dr Alcolado added. Only a small number of urgent cancer surgeries will remain at the Royal Glamorgan, while its A&E department will stay open for walk-in patients, but the Tirion birthing centre will be closed until 5 October. 5 August Updated advice from the Welsh Government urges anyone with COVID-19 to seek medical help if their symptoms have not improved in seven days. to remain at the centre . A Senedd inquiry has concluded that COVID-19 had a devastating impact on the poorest communities, highlighting the inequality in society. Public Health Wales reports no new COVID-19 deaths, but 39 new cases. 21 December Figures released by the Welsh Government indicate that school attendance was at 70% in the week of 7 December, with that figure falling to 50% among. By clicking Accept all you agree that Yahoo and our partners will process your personal information, and use technologies such as cookies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights, and product development. I was dreading it coming down here and thought wed be waiting hours. One person has died there too. Health officials in Wales say they are ready to roll out a vaccine within days subject to its approval. Thesiteis being operated in partnership with Mitie,and will offer self-administered tests. Emergencies will be taken to Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil or the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. But its all very well organised. Speaking to ITV Wales, Medical Director for Cwm Taf health board Dr Nick Lyons said he expects numbers related to the outbreaks to increase further but it is too soon to make specific predictions. The latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows that Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate of 3,119 people in Wales who have died between the start of the pandemic and November 6. Local independent pharmacies in partnership with Health Mart, eTrueNorth, and TOPCO. "Provided people approach it in that way, then those risks will be minimised," he said. A further 1,324 COVID-19 cases are confirmed, and 16 deaths, the highest death toll in Wales since 28 May. 17 November The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Wales has exceeded 3,000 according to figures produced by the Office for National Statistics. Doctors and health plans are responsible for providing free . Public Health Wales reports another day without any COVID-19 deaths. Office for National Statistics figures suggest COVID-19 accounted for 21.6% of deaths in Wales through November, and was by percentage the largest cause of death that month. In a way what's happened in the Royal Glamorgan, is a local version of the decision taken across Wales in March to suspend pretty much all non-urgent NHS treatments. 5 June The UK government's ban on tenant evictions in England and Wales is extended by two months to 23 August. The number of COVID-related death in Wales passes 2,000 as a further 32 deaths take the total to 2,014. 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. Learn about community . Temporary restrictions reman in place at the Royal Glamorgan. On Friday, the health board said its hospitals were caring for 21 patients with confirmed Covid-19 infections, nine of which had been receiving care for more than 15 days. 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