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Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Well, I frankly reject most of what the Member has just said. How she thinks that she is in a better position to understand what the data is telling us than the chief medical officer and the chief scientist is completely baffling to me. Nor will I…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
As far as parkruns are concerned, they can continue. There will be a limit of 50 people being able to take part directly in the run—that doesn't include people who are involved in stewarding or volunteering around it. And where it's junior parkruns for people…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Thank you to John Griffiths for those questions.
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
In terms of GPs, we do use GP services to vaccinate those people who are housebound, and also to provide vaccinations to people in residential homes. Now, if you're working alone in vaccinating people, then it's important that you have a sufficient level of…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
No recording is available of this contribution in the original language. Well, thank you very much to Mabon ap Gwynfor for those questions. We've had the regime for weddings for some time now. Initially in the pandemic we placed a cap on numbers—no more than…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Llywydd, this is a scheme designed for major events. We took the precaution of having collected information from the clubs involved in advance of making a decision as to what they thought the loss of income would be if they had to play behind closed doors…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Llywydd, Mike Hedges makes a very important point that sadly, very sadly, there are some Governments around the world who have simply wilfully refused to take those actions that would protect their populations, and the results are there for anybody to see…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Llywydd, in relation to the timeliness of business support, our aim is to use some of the mechanisms we used earlier in the pandemic. So, these will be payments that will go direct to businesses without the need for a complex application process, although…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Okay. I think I'll—. I hope I was explaining that there are some inevitable trade-offs when you have a fixed workforce and you ask them to take on another major programme, like a vaccination programme that's going to offer a booster to everybody eligible in…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
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, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Llywydd, apologies for the fact that I'm scanning the information that I have in front of me, and I can't put my eyes on the figure of people in hospital in Wales at the moment, but that figure is available. It is a modest number at the moment, but I know…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
I thank Hefin David for those questions, Dirprwy Lywydd. Opening hours are unchanged; close-contact services will reopen after Christmas and will have to operate now within the new regime. Driving tests are not under the control of the Welsh Government…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
The model is also having to be calibrated against changing evidence in relation, for example, to a length of stay. So, it may be that people who become ill with omicron recover more quickly and therefore are in hospital for less time, and that would have an…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
I thank him both for his very regular participation in the briefing sessions we're able to provide, alongside Rhun ap Iorwerth, but also for his indication at the start of what he said about general support for the need for precautionary and proportionate…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
I'd like to thank Adam Price for those questions.
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Can I say that I think the debate about the severity of omicron does miss the point, to an extent? The sheer numbers of people who will fall ill with the omicron variant means that even if it were to be less severe, that will not stop the huge increase in…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Llywydd, can I thank the leader of the Welsh Conservatives for those very constructive questions, and for his very regular participation in the briefings that we're able to offer him and other senior spokespeople? I'll do my best to rattle through quite a…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
We now have a population that is largely vaccinated, and the booster is being rolled out rapidly in all parts of Wales. And now, we have the protection that comes through using lateral flow tests, lateral flow tests that we have all got used to using and that…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales is writing to everyone on the shielding list to offer them tailored advice about staying safe and protecting themselves from the omicron variant. We strongly advise anyone to take extra precautions to protect themselves…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I was explaining that, because of the speed of change, we have moved to a weekly cycle of Cabinet meetings. Since the health Minister last updated the Senedd, the Cabinet has met four times in a week to consider the latest public…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Today, that situation has changed markedly and the approaching storm is bearing down upon us. The very latest figures show that there are now 941 confirmed cases of omicron, and that number is rising, and it is present now in every area of Wales. Omicron is…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: Update on COVID-19
Thank you, Llywydd, for this opportunity to address the Senedd about the fast-moving omicron variant of coronavirus and the rapidly evolving public health situation. It's been just over a week since the health Minister updated Members before the Senedd broke…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—Topical matters
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you all very much indeed.
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—Topical matters
There are some paradoxes out there in the Welsh economy at the moment, Chair. Because you're right, those headwinds are absolutely real. The Office for Budget Responsibility said that the adverse impact on the UK economy from Brexit would be twice the size of…
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Ministerial scrutiny session—Topical matters
The frequency has definitely increased.
