Public Health Wales statement on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
This statement will be updated daily at 2pm
Updated: 2:00pm Tuesday 21 July
Dr Giri Shankar, Incident Director for the
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said:
“We continue to caution and remind the public and
business-owners that we all have a vital role in preventing the spread of
Coronavirus by always sticking to social distancing guidelines - staying two
metres away from others, and washing hands regularly. When travelling you
should also avoid car sharing with people outside your household.
"Anyone with suspected symptoms of COVID-19
infection - a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, or a loss of smell or
taste (anosmia) - must self-isolate and seek an urgent test.
"Confirmed cases must isolate for seven days,
with members of their household isolating for 14 days until the risk of passing
on further infection has gone. Combined, these simple but effective actions
will ensure the virus does not spread.
Updates
on current incidents
“Public Health Wales and our
multi-agency partners have been investigating four laboratory confirmed cases
of Coronavirus associated with the Zorba Delicacies Ltd food processing plant
in Ebbw Vale.
“Investigations are ongoing as to
the possible cause of the incident, and no firm conclusions can be reached at
this early stage. No outbreak has been
declared.
“Close contacts of confirmed cases have been contacted
through the Test, Trace, Protect process and provided with additional advice
for themselves, household and other contacts.
“As a precautionary measure, and to
help with further understanding of situation within workplace settings, Aneurin
Bevan University Health Board, in collaboration with the Gwent Regional Test,
Trace, Protect team, will carry out widespread, rapid testing of the workforce
from today (21 July), with the full cooperation of Zorba Delicacies Ltd.
“As we move into the recovery phase
of the Coronavirus pandemic, we expect to see clusters in settings such as
workplaces. We manage any cluster of
Coronavirus appropriately, including by providing advice around infection
prevention and control, and by supporting contact tracing where required.
“Public Health
Wales can confirm that there are no new cases of Coronavirus linked with the 2
Sisters outbreak. The total therefore remains at 221 cases linked to the
outbreak which is linked to the site at Llangefni in Anglesey. The fact
that no new cases have been recorded is a positive sign, and indicates
that control measures have been effective.
“The multi-agency team managing the outbreak of
Coronavirus associated with Rowan Foods Ltd in Wrexham has recorded 309
cases. There continues to be no evidence
that this outbreak is factory-based, and the results we have identified are
what we would expect to see when a focused testing takes place.
“In addition, the total number of positive case
identified at the Kepak Merthyr meat
processing plant is 139 since April.
Investigations in this cluster continue, and updates will be issued in
the coming days.
“The Food Standards Agency advise that it is very
unlikely that you can catch coronavirus from food. Coronavirus is a respiratory illness. It is not known to be transmitted by exposure
to food or food packaging.
Contact
tracing and general information
“Contact tracing continues in Wales as part of the
Welsh Government’s Test, Trace, Protect
strategy. Anyone
who has a positive Coronavirus test will be contacted by a team of contact
tracers, and asked for details of everyone they have had close contact with
while they have had symptoms.
“Please keep a note of your activities so you
can easily remember your whereabouts on a given day, along with who you were in contact
with.
“If you are asked to self-isolate, you should
also comply with this request to prevent further spread of the virus.
“Tracers are trained staff and personal
information that you provide will handled in line with data protection
regulations and will not be shared widely.
“Further information
about the symptoms of Coronavirus is available on the Public Health Wales
website, or members of the public can use the NHS Wales symptom checker.
“Anyone experiencing Coronavirus symptoms can
apply for a home testing kit by visiting www.gov.wales/coronavirus, or by calling the national 119 phone service.
“Anyone with suspected coronavirus should not go
to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. They should only contact NHS 111 if they feel
they cannot cope with their symptoms at home, their condition gets worse, or
their symptoms do not get better after seven days.
“Only call 999 if you are experiencing a
life-threatening emergency, do not call 999 just because you are on hold to
111. We appreciate that 111 lines are busy, but you will get through after a
wait.”
“Public Health Wales’ user-friendly data dashboard
takes information from a range of different sources. The total number of positive cases now
includes those reported from non-NHS Wales laboratories, which are subject to
ongoing de-duplication, refinement and reconciliation. This may result in fluctuation of the total
positive cases as this process takes place.
“It should be noted that the cases from non-NHS
Wales laboratories are not new cases, and have been on the dashboard for a
number of weeks. They have previously
been reported on a separate tab, but are now incorporated into the totals for
the local authority area and Health Board area in which the patient resides, to
give a complete picture for Wales.
Diweddarwyd: 2:00yp Dydd Mawrth 21 Gorffennaf
Dywedodd Dr Giri Shankar, Cyfarwyddwr Digwyddiad
ar gyfer yr ymateb i'r achos o'r Coronafeirws Newydd (COVID-19) yn Iechyd
Cyhoeddus Cymru:
“Rydym yn parhau i rybuddio ac atgoffa’r cyhoedd
a pherchenogion busnes fod gennym ni i gyd rôl bwysig i’w chwarae wrth atal
lledaeniad Coronafeirws trwy lynu wrth ganllawiau cadw pellter cymdeithasol bob
amser – sicrhau eich bod yn cadw dau fetr oddi wrth bobl eraill a golchi eich
dwylo yn rheolaidd. Wrth deithio, dylech hefyd osgoi rhannu ceir â phobl y tu
allan i'ch cartref.
“Rhaid i unrhyw un yr amheuir bod ganddynt
symptomau COVID-19, sef tymheredd uchel, peswch newydd a pharhaus neu golli
synnwyr blasu neu arogli (anosmia), hunanynysu a chael prawf ar unwaith.
“Rhaid i achosion a gaiff eu cadarnhau ynysu am
7 diwrnod, a rhaid i aelodau o’u cartref ynysu am 14 diwrnod hyd nes bod y perygl
o drosglwyddo’r haint ymhellach wedi mynd. Gyda’i gilydd, bydd y camau syml ond
effeithiol hyn yn sicrhau nad yw’r feirws yn lledaenu.
Diweddariadau
ar ddigwyddiadau cyfredol
“Mae
Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru a’n partneriaid aml-asiantaeth wedi bod yn ymchwilio i
bedwar achos labordy a gadarnhawyd o Coronafeirws sy’n gysylltiedig â safle
prosesu bwyd Zorba Delicacies Ltd yng
Nglyn Ebwy.
“Mae
ymchwiliadau’n parhau o ran achos posibl y digwyddiad, ac ni ellir dod i unrhyw
ganlyniadau yn ystod y camau cynnar hyn.
Nid oes achos wedi’i ddatgan.
“Cysylltwyd â
chysylltiadau agos yr achosion a gadarnhawyd trwy’r broses Profi, Olrhain,
Diogelu a rhoddwyd cyngor ychwanegol iddyn nhw, aelodau o’u cartrefi a
chysylltiadau eraill.
“Fel
mesur rhagofalus, ac i helpu i ddeall y sefyllfa mewn lleoliadau gwaith
ymhellach, bydd Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan, mewn cydweithrediad â
thîm Profi, Olrhain, Diogelu rhanbarthol Gwent, yn cynnal profion cyflym a
helaeth ar y gweithlu o heddiw ymlaen (21 Gorffennaf), gyda chydweithrediad
llawn Zorba Delicacies Ltd.
“Wrth
i ni symud at gyfnod adfer pandemig Coronafeirws, byddwn yn disgwyl gweld
clystyrau mewn lleoliadau fel gweithleoedd.
Rydym yn rheoli unrhyw glystyrau o Coronafeirws yn briodol, trwy roi
cyngor ar atal a rheoli heintiau a thrwy gefnogi olrhain cysylltiadau pan fo
angen.
“Gall Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru gadarnhau nad oes
unrhyw achosion newydd o Coronafeirws yn gysylltiedig ag achos 2 Sisters. Felly, mae’r cyfanswm
sy’n gysylltiedig â’r achos ar y safle yn Llangefni, Sir Fôn, yn parhau ar 221
o achosion. Mae’r ffaith nad oes unrhyw achosion newydd wedi’u cofnodi yn
arwydd da, ac mae’n awgrymu y bu’r mesurau rheoli yn effeithiol.
“Mae’r tîm aml-asiantaeth sy’n rheoli’r achosion
o Coronafeirws sy’n gysylltiedig â Rowan Foods Ltd yn Wrecsam wedi cofnodi 309
o achosion. Nid oes tystiolaeth o hyd
mai ffatri yw tarddiad yr achos hwn, a'r canlyniadau a nodwyd gennym yw'r hyn y
byddem yn disgwyl ei weld pan fydd profi â ffocws yn digwydd.
“Yn ogystal, cyfanswm yr achosion positif a
nodwyd yn ffatri prosesu cig Kepak
Merthyr yw 139 ers mis Ebrill. Mae
ymchwiliadau yn y clwstwr hwn yn parhau, a chyhoeddir diweddariadau yn ystod y
dyddiau nesaf.
“Mae’r Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd yn cynghori ei
bod yn annhebygol iawn y gallwch ddal coronafeirws o fwyd. Mae Coronafeirws yn salwch anadlol. Ni ystyrir ei fod yn cael ei drosglwyddo trwy
ddod i gysylltiad â deunyddiau pacio bwyd na bwyd.
Olrhain
cysylltiadau a gwybodaeth gyffredinol
“Mae olrhain cysylltiadau yn parhau yng Nghymru
fel rhan o strategaeth Profi, Monitro,
Olrhain Llywodraeth Cymru. Bydd tîm
o olrheinwyr cysylltiadau yn cysylltu ag unrhyw un sydd wedi cael prawf positif
am Coronafeirws, a gofynnir am fanylion pawb y mae wedi bod mewn cysylltiad
agos â nhw tra bod symptomau gyda nhw.
“Cadwch nodyn o'ch gweithgareddau
er mwyn i chi allu cofio’n hawdd ble oeddech chi ar ddiwrnod penodol, ynghyd â
gyda phwy yr oeddech mewn cysylltiad â nhw.
“Os gofynnir i chi hunanynysu,
dylech hefyd gydymffurfio â'r gofyniad hwn er mwyn atal y feirws rhag lledaenu
ymhellach.
“Mae olrheinwyr yn staff
hyfforddedig a bydd yr wybodaeth bersonol rydych chi'n ei darparu yn cael ei
thrin yn unol â rheoliadau diogelu data ac ni fydd yn cael ei rhannu'n eang.
“Mae gwybodaeth bellach am symptomau
Coronafeirws ar gael ar wefan Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru, neu gall aelodau'r
cyhoedd ddefnyddio gwiriwr symptomau GIG Cymru.
“Gall unrhyw un sydd â symptomau
Coronafeirws wneud cais am becyn profi gartref trwy fynd i www.gov.wales/coronavirus, neu trwy ffonio’r gwasanaeth ffôn 119 cenedlaethol.
“Ni ddylai unrhyw un yr amheuir
bod ganddo/ganddi coronafeirws fynd i bractis meddyg teulu, fferyllfa nac
ysbyty. Dim ond os yw'n teimlo na all
ymdopi â'i symptomau gartref, fod ei gyflwr yn gwaethygu, neu os nad yw ei
symptomau’n gwella ar ôl saith niwrnod y dylai gysylltu â NHS 111.
“Peidiwch â ffonio 999 oni bai
eich bod yn profi argyfwng sy’n peryglu bywyd. Peidiwch â ffonio 999 dim ond
oherwydd eich bod yn aros i 111 ateb eich galwad ffôn. Rydym yn deall bod
llinellau 111 yn brysur, ond bydd rhywun yn ateb eich galwad ar ôl i chi aros.
“Mae dangosfwrdd data hawdd ei ddefnyddio Iechyd
Cyhoeddus Cymru yn casglu gwybodaeth o ystod o ffynonellau gwahanol. Mae cyfanswm nifer yr achosion positif
bellach yn cynnwys y rhai yr adroddwyd amdanynt o labordai nad ydynt yn eiddo i
GIG Cymru, sy’n ddarostyngedig i ddad-ddyblygu, mireinio a chysoni
parhaus. Gallai hyn arwain at amrywiad
yng nghyfanswm nifer yr achosion positif wrth i’r broses hon fynd rhagddi.
“Dylid nodi nad yw’r achosion o labordai nad
ydynt yn eiddo i GIG Cymru yn achosion newydd, a’u bod wedi bod ar y
dangosfwrdd ers sawl wythnos. Adroddwyd
amdanynt yn flaenorol ar dab gwahanol, ond bellach maent wedi’u hymgorffori i’r
cyfanswm ar gyfer yr ardal awdurdod lleol a’r ardal Bwrdd Iechyd y mae’r claf
yn preswylio ynddi, er mwyn rhoi’r darlun cyflawn ar gyfer Cymru.