Latest coronavirus updates from the Welsh Government are:
- The maximum fine for repeated breaches of the
coronavirus lockdown rules in Wales will rise from £120 to £1,920, First
Minister Mark Drakeford has announced.
- The increased fines are being introduced ahead of the
bank holiday weekend and they follow a request from the four police
forces in Wales and the Police and Crime Commissioners for increased
penalties to help deter people from repeatedly breaching the stay-at-home
regulations.
- https://gov.wales/fines-increased-repeat-coronavirus-lockdown-breaches-wales
- A new made-in-Wales antibody test is being introduced
throughout the UK to tell whether people have had coronavirus.
- Wales – and the rest of the UK – will roll out the
new-style blood tests, including those produced in Pencoed by Ortho
Clinical Diagnostics (OCD).
- The company is one of a number to produce the antibody
tests for the UK – it became involved after responding to a call to
action to help with the coronavirus response from the First Minister and
Life Sciences Hub Wales.
- https://gov.wales/new-made-wales-blood-test-coronavirus
- Health Minister Vaughan Gething has approved £650,000
to fund a new system to allow GPs, paramedics and other healthcare
professionals to get immediate specialist advice when reviewing and
treating patients.
- The Consultant Connect app has been fast-tracked for
use in NHS Wales to help deal with the Covid-19 outbreak and support
primary care in the long term to offer better advice and guidance to
patients.
- https://gov.wales/new-app-provide-specialist-advice-gps-seconds
- £30m will be invested in improving public transport and
encouraging economic growth, Minister for Economy, Transport and North
Wales, Ken Skates has announced.
- Wales’ 22 local authorities were invited to submit
proposals to Welsh Government’s Local Transport Grant funding to deliver
projects which will:
- support economic priorities for jobs and growth
- reduce economic inactivity by delivering safe and
affordable access to education, key services and employment,
particularly for those living in disadvantaged or rural communities
- connect communities
- encourage active and sustainable travel
- improve public transport reliability and reduce
journey times
- https://gov.wales/substantial-investment-improve-public-transport-and-support-economic-growth-announced
- How Wales created 19 new field
hospitals in less than eight weeks… https://gov.wales/how-wales-created-19-new-field-hospitals-less-8-weeks
- Professional sport and
coronavirus https://gov.wales/written-statement-professional-sport-and-coronavirus
- The Wales Tourism Business
Barometer 2020 https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/statistics-and-research/2020-05/tourism-barometer-coronavirus-covid-19-impact-survey-wave-3-2020.pdf
- Public Health Wales has today confirmed a further 166
cases of coronavirus in Wales today bringing the total number of cases to
12,846 – the real figure will be much higher.
- Sadly, there were a further
nine deaths reported by Public Health Wales today, bringing the number of
confirmed coronavirus deaths reported by Public Health Wales to 1,247.
Where
to find the latest information
- Public Health Wales provides a daily update about the
number of cases of coronavirus in Wales. It is available at: https://phw.nhs.wales/news/public-health-wales-statement-on-novel-coronavirus-outbreak/
- Information about coronavirus is available on the Welsh
Government’s website at https://gov.wales/coronavirus
and https://llyw.cymru/coronafeirws
- Queries about support for businesses, including about
eligibility for the Economic Resilience Fund? Visit the Business Wales
website https://businesswales.gov.wales/coronavirus-advice/
- If you can help the effort to produce PPE in Wales
please visit https://businesswales.gov.wales/news-and-blogs/news/provision-critical-equipment-and-personal-protection-equipment-ppe
- The Welsh Government holds a daily media briefing about
coronavirus. These are on-the-record, on-camera and routinely supported by
a BSL translator. They will be held at 12.30pm every week day. They are
live-streamed on our @WelshGovernment Twitter channel and are broadcast
live on BBC One Wales and S4C.
- Dr Andrew Goodall, chief executive of NHS Wales, held today’s press conference – you can watch again at: https://twitter.com/WelshGovernment/status/1263431858894721024
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