Wales’ decision to launch its test and trace programme three months into the coronavirus pandemic was “disastrous”, the former UK Government chief scientific adviser has said. Sir David King, who
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Wales’ health minister has admitted he would have made “different choices” in the early days of responding to the coronavirus pandemic, but denied the Welsh Government had been “cavalier” in
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Thousands of care workers in Wales will pay tax and National Insurance contributions on a £500 bonus given to them for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. First Minister Mark
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Wales’s health minister has said he would resign if he drove to the other side of the UK during lockdown like the Prime Minister’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings. Vaughan Gething
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A senior health official on a board overseeing one of the worst-hit areas of the UK for coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic has said it was unable
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Concerns have been raised with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over the speed of coronavirus testing in care homes in Wales. Helena Herklots, the Older People’s Commissioner for
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The Welsh Government has defended its policy on coronavirus testing in care homes after it was reported to the human rights watchdog. The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales reported the
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A social care worker has died after contracting coronavirus, her local authority has said. Sharon Scanlon, 58, was a member of Powys County Council’s adult social care team in Mid
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Dominic Raab has condemned the Welsh Government for “abandoning” its target of 5,000 coronavirus tests a day. The Foreign Secretary – deputising for Boris Johnson as the PM continues his
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The Welsh Government has apologised after thousands of letters warning people with underlying health conditions to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic were sent to the wrong addresses. Some
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