Latest pandemic update from Welsh Government

Latest coronavirus update from the Welsh Government (dated yesterday) is:

• Health Minister Vaughan Gething will today publish the COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy, which sets out three key milestones.
• It comes as the latest figures show more than 86,000 people have received the vaccine. Wales will publish daily vaccine figures from today.
• The three milestones set out in the plan are:
• By mid-February – all care home residents and staff; frontline health and social care staff; everyone over 70 and everyone who is clinically extremely vulnerable will have been offered vaccination.
• By the Spring – vaccination will have been offered to all the other phase one priority groups. This is everyone over 50 and everyone who is at-risk because they have an underlying health condition.
• By the autumn – vaccination will have been offered to all other eligible adults in Wales, in line with any guidance issued by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
• https://gov.wales/new-covid-vaccination-strategy-published
• Strategy: https://gov.wales/covid-19-vaccination-strategy
• Watch Health Minister Vaughan Gething’s press conference: https://twitter.com/WelshGovernment/status/1348604539046293505

 

• Updated guidance: Moving home while Wales is in alert level 4 lockdown: https://gov.wales/moving-home-during-coronavirus-pandemic
• The Welsh Government is investing £4.9m to improve digital public services in Wales so they are easier for people to use.
• One consequence of the coronavirus pandemic has been that many more people have needed or chosen to access public services online, and this has already driven the transformation of some digital services.
• https://gov.wales/49-million-make-digital-public-services-better-people-wales

 

Coronavirus in numbers

• The latest figures published by Public Health Wales today show there have been 1,793 newly reported cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 171,547 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Wales since the start of the pandemic.
• Very sadly, there were 17 deaths reported by Public Health Wales today. The total number of deaths reported by Public Health Wales is 3,981.
• These figures are updated daily at: https://public.tableau.com/profile/public.health.wales.health.protection#!/vizhome/RapidCOVID-19virology-Public/Headlinesummary

• The number of people who have received a Covid vaccine in Wales is being published every weekday by Public Health Wales.
• 86,039 people have received their first dose of the vaccine
• 79 people have received two doses of the vaccine
• https://public.tableau.com/profile/public.health.wales.health.protection#!/vizhome/RapidCOVID-19virology-Public/Headlinesummary

 

What to do if you have symptoms of coronavirus

• The symptoms of coronavirus are a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change in smell or taste.
• If you have symptoms of coronavirus, however mild, you must self-isolate at home for 10 days from when your symptoms started.
• Guidance about self-isolating: https://gov.wales/self-isolation-stay-home-guidance-households-possible-coronavirus
• Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.
• You should arrange to have a test to see if you have coronavirus once you are self-isolating. You can book a test at https://gov.wales/apply-coronavirus-covid-19-test
• You should continue to isolate while waiting for a test result.
• Got a question about what to do if you’ve got coronavirus? Visit https://gov.wales/self-isolation-stay-home-guidance-households-possible-coronavirus
   

Where to find the latest information

• Information about the new national measures in place in Wales is available at: https://gov.wales/alert-level-4

• Public Health Wales provides a daily update about the number of cases of coronavirus in Wales. It is available at: https://covid19-phwstatement.nhs.wales/
• Information about coronavirus is available on the Welsh Government’s website at https://gov.wales/coronavirus and https://llyw.cymru/coronafeirws
• Questions about Covid-19 vaccines? Visit: https://phw.nhs.wales/topics/immunisation-and-vaccines/covid-19-vaccination-information/
• Information about support for businesses is available at the Business Wales website https://businesswales.gov.wales/coronavirus-advice/
• The Welsh Government holds a regular media briefing about coronavirus. These are on-the-record, on-camera and supported by a BSL interpreter. These are held at 12.15pm and live-streamed on our @WelshGovernment Twitter channel.

o   Health Minister Vaughan Gething held today’s press conference. You can watch again at: https://twitter.com/WelshGovernment/status/1348604539046293505

o   Slides published during the press conference: https://gov.wales/slides-and-datasets-minister-health-and-social-services-coronavirus-briefing-11-january-2021