Public Health Wales statement on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
This statement is usually updated daily at midday. Published: Thursday 6 May 12pm Dr Eleri
Davies, Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “As of Monday 3 May, further
relaxation of the regulations came into place, meaning that Wales is now in
Alert Level 3. Two households can again
form an exclusive extended household ‘bubble’, and can spend time indoors
together. Supervised indoor activities
for children can resume, along with indoor organised activities for up to 15
adults (such as exercise classes and swimming lessons), and community centres
can reopen. “People should observe social
distancing when meeting with others from outside their household or bubble. “We would remind the general public that it is still extremely important
to follow social distancing and hygiene measures to prevent the transmission of
Coronavirus. That is, staying 2m from anyone
you don’t live with, washing hands regularly and wearing face coverings in
indoor settings. “The Joint Committee on
Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that pregnant women should be
offered the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the rest of the population,
based on their age and clinical risk group. JCVI advice is followed in Wales. “As there is more experience
of the use of the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in pregnancy those
vaccines are therefore the preferred vaccines to offer to pregnant women. “Further to the Welsh Government’s announcement, people who cannot work
from home are now able to access free lateral flow self-test kits. “The rapid coronavirus tests will be available from local test sites across
Wales. “Welsh Government also announced
that, following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
(JCVI), that people over 16 who live with individuals with severely weakened
immune systems should be offered COVID-19 vaccinations as a priority. “Current information on the
Welsh Government restrictions for Coronavirus are available at https://gov.wales/coronavirus “If you are contacted by your local TTP team then it is
important that you are truthful with them about where you have been and who you
have met. They are not there to judge,
they are there to help prevent ongoing transmission of the virus and to protect
the community. “If you are asked to self-isolate by your local TTP team
then please ensure that you do so for the full ten days – this will help break
any chains of transmission. “We urge anyone over 50 who has not
yet received an invite for their vaccination to contact their local health
board. Details of which can be found here: https://gov.wales/get-your-covid-19-vaccination-if-you-think-you-have-been-missed
“We encourage everyone, whatever their
background, social demographic and ethnicity, to have the vaccine when they are
offered it. “Coronavirus
cases by variant in Wales are reported on the UK Government website. The dominant strain in Wales is
the Kent variant, and there is currently no evidence of widespread community
transmission of other Variants of Concern in Wales.
“If
you or a member of your household develop a cough, fever or change in sense of
taste or smell, you must self-isolate immediately and book a free Coronavirus
test, either by
calling 119 or by visiting www.gov.wales/getting-tested-coronavirus-covid-19. Please check your local health board’s
website to see if there are additional symptoms that require a test.” Cyhoeddwyd: Dydd Iau 6 Mai 12pm - I ddilyn Dywedodd Dr Eleri Davies Cyfarwyddwr Digwyddiad
ar gyfer yr ymateb i'r achos o'r Coronafeirws Newydd (COVID-19) yn Iechyd
Cyhoeddus Cymru: Ar
dydd Llun 3 Mai, bu llacio pellach i’r rheoliadau, gan olygu bod Cymru bellach
ar Lefel Rhybudd 3. Gall dwy aelwyd
unwaith eto ffurfio ‘swigen’ estynedig unigryw, a gallant dreulio amser dan do
gyda’i gilydd. “Gall gweithgareddau dan
do dan oruchwyliaeth i blant ailddechrau, ynghyd â gweithgareddau wedi'u trefnu
dan do ar gyfer hyd at 15 o oedolion (megis dosbarthiadau ymarfer corff a
gwersi nofio), a gall canolfannau cymunedol ailagor. “Dylai
pobl gadw pellter cymdeithasol wrth gwrdd â phobl eraill o'r tu allan i'w
haelwydydd neu i’w swigen. “Rydym
yn atgoffa’r cyhoedd ei bod yn dal yn hynod bwysig dilyn mesurau cadw pellter
cymdeithasol a hylendid i atal trosglwyddo Coronafeirws. Hynny yw, aros 2m i ffwrdd oddi wrth unrhyw
un nad ydych chi'n byw gyda nhw, golchi dwylo'n rheolaidd a gwisgo gorchuddion
wyneb mewn lleoliadau dan do. “Dywedodd y Cyd-bwyllgor
ar Frechu ac Imiwneiddio (JCVI) y dylid cynnig brechlyn COVID-19 i ferched beichiog
ar yr un pryd â gweddill y boblogaeth, ar sail eu hoedran a’u grŵp risg
glinigol. Dilynir cyngor JCVI yng Nghymru. “Gan fod mwy o brofiad o
roi brechlynnau Pfizer BioNTech a Moderna i fenywod beichiog, ffefrir cynnig y
brechlynnau hynny felly yn ystod beichiogrwydd. “Yn dilyn cyhoeddiad Llywodraeth
Cymru, bellach gall pobl sy'n methu gweithio gartref gael mynediad at becynnau
hunan-brawf llif unffordd am ddim. “Bydd y profion coronafeirws
cyflym ar gael o safleoedd profi lleol ledled Cymru. “Yn
dilyn cyngor gan y Cydbwyllgor ar Imiwneiddio a Brechu (JCVI), cyhoeddodd
Llywodraeth Cymru hefyd y dylid cynnig brechiadau rhag COVID-19 fel
blaenoriaeth i bobl dros 16 oed sy’n byw gydag unigolion â systemau imiwnedd
sydd wedi’u gwanhau’n ddifrifol. Mae
gwybodaeth gyfredol am gyfyngiadau Llywodraeth Cymru oherwydd COVID-19 ar gael
yn https://llyw.cymru/coronafeirws “Os bydd eich tîm Profi, Olrhain, Diogelu lleol yn
cysylltu â chi, mae'n bwysig eich bod chi'n dweud y gwir wrthyn nhw ynglŷn â
lle rydych chi wedi bod a phwy rydych chi wedi cwrdd â nhw. Ni fyddant yn eich barnu. Eu nod yw helpu i
atal trosglwyddiad parhaus y feirws ac i ddiogelu’r gymuned. “Os yw eich tîm TTP lleol yn gofyn i chi hunanynysu,
gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn gwneud hynny am y deg diwrnod llawn – bydd hyn yn
helpu i dorri unrhyw gadwyni trosglwyddo. “Rydym yn annog unrhyw un
dros 50 oed nad yw wedi derbyn gwahoddiad i gael brechlyn eto i gysylltu â'i
fwrdd iechyd lleol. Gellir gweld y manylion yma: https://llyw.cymru/cael-brechlyn-covid-19-os-ydych-yn-credu-eich-bod-wedi-colli-allan “Rydym yn annog pawb,
beth bynnag fo’u cefndir, eu demograffeg gymdeithasol a’u hethnigrwydd, i gael
y brechlyn pan gynigir ef. “Adroddir am achosion o’r Coronafeirws fesul amrywiolyn yng Nghymru ar wefan Llywodraeth y DU. Y
straen amlycaf yng Nghymru yw amrywiolyn Caint ac, ar hyn o bryd, nid oes
tystiolaeth bod Amrywiolynnau sy’n Peri Pryder yn trosglwyddo’n eang yng
nghymunedau Cymru.
“Os byddwch chi neu aelod o'ch aelwyd yn
datblygu peswch, twymyn neu newid i synnwyr blasu neu arogli, rhaid i chi
hunanynysu ar unwaith ac archebu prawf Coronafeirws am ddim, naill ai drwy
ffonio 119 neu drwy ymweld â https://llyw.cymru/cael-prawf-coronafeirws-covid-19.
Edrychwch ar wefan eich bwrdd iechyd lleol i weld a oes symptomau eraill
sy’n gofyn am brawf.”
Mae'r datganiad hwn fel arfer yn cael ei ddiweddaru'n ddyddiol ganol dydd.