Public Health Wales statement on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
This statement will be updated daily at 2pm
Updated: 2:00pm Sunday 26 July
Dr Giri Shankar, Incident Director for the
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said:
“Yesterday the Minister for Health and Social Services announced that anyone arriving in Wales, and the rest of the UK, from Spain (or who has been in Spain during the past 14 days) will be required to quarantine for 14 days as of today (26 July).
“The
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has updated its guidance, advising
against all but essential travel to mainland Spain.
People currently on holiday in Spain are encouraged to follow the local rules,
return home as normal and check the FCO’s travel advice pages on
GOV.UK for further information.
“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 can confirm
that we are reporting no new cases of Coronavirus associated with the 2 Sisters
site at Llangefni, Anglesey.
“The total therefore remains at 221
cases linked to the outbreak. The fact
that no new cases have been recorded is a positive sign, and indicates that
control measures have been effective.
“The focused testing programme has
been concluded, and there is no evidence of wider community transmission
resulting from the outbreak. As long as there is no change to this position,
then we will look to formally bring this outbreak to a close in the near
future.
“Public Health Wales and our
multi-agency partners have been investigating a small number of laboratory
confirmed cases of Coronavirus associated with the Zorba Delicacies Ltd food
processing plant in Ebbw Vale. Following the testing of 476 employees, the
total number of laboratory confirmed cases remains at eight, with one other
probable case.
“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.”
“An Outbreak Control Team continues to monitor for
cases associated with the workforce at Rowan Foods, and part of its work is to
constantly review its data on cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
“As part of this process we are investigating cases
within the Wrexham area through the Test Trace Protect process. This work
naturally includes identifying where we believe transmission may be occurring,
and identifying local clusters of cases.
“In addition, the total number of positive cases
identified at the Kepak Merthyr meat processing plant is 141 positive cases
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.
ENDS
CONTACT:
For media enquiries please contact the Public Health Wales
Communications team on 02920 348755 (24 hours)
Editor’s
notes
Detailed information on new cases of Novel
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wales is now available on our user-friendly data
dashboard on the Public Health Wales website.
Public Health Wales is an NHS organisation providing professionally
independent public health advice and services to protect and improve the health
and wellbeing of the population of Wales.
Public Health Wales has four statutory functions:
- To provide and manage a range of public health,
health protection, healthcare improvement, health advisory, child
protection and microbiological laboratory services and services relating
to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases;
- To develop and maintain arrangements for making
information about matters related to the protection and improvement of
health in Wales available to the public; to undertake and commission
research into such matters and to contribute to the provision and development
of training in such matters;
- To undertake the systematic collection, analysis and
dissemination of information about the health of the people of
- To provide, manage, monitor, evaluate and conduct
research into screening of health conditions and screening of health
related matters.
More information on Public
Health Wales is available at www.phw.nhs.wales
Diweddarwyd: 2:00yp Dydd Sul 26 Gorffennaf
Dywedodd Dr Giri Shankar, y Cyfarwyddwr Digwyddiadau ar gyfer yr ymateb i'r achosion o’r
Coronafeirws Newydd (COVID-19) yn Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru:
“Ddoe cyhoeddodd y Gweinidog ar gyfer Iechyd a
Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol y bydd yn ofynnol i unrhyw un sy’n cyrraedd i Gymru,
a gweddill y DU, o Sbaen (neu sydd wedi bod yn Sbaen yn ystod yr 14 diwrnod
diwethaf) fod mewn cwarantin am 14 diwrnod o heddiw ymlaen (26 Gorffennaf).
“Mae’r Swyddfa Dramor a Chymanwlad (FCO) wedi
diweddaru ei chyfarwyddyd yn erbyn pob teithio ar wahân i deithio hanfodol i
dir mawr Sbaen. Mae pobl sydd ar eu gwyliau ar hyn o bryd yn Sbaen yn cael eu
hannog i ddilyn y rheolau lleol, dychwelyd adref fel arfer ac edrych ar
dudalennau cyngor teithio’r FCO yn GOV.UK am ragor o wybodaeth.
“Rydyn
ni’n parhau’n ofalus ac yn atgoffa’r cyhoedd a pherchnogion busnes bod gennym
ni i gyd rôl hanfodol i’w chwarae mewn atal lledaeniad y Coronafeirws drwy lynu
bob amser wrth ganllawiau cadw pellter cymdeithasol – cadw ddau fetr oddi wrth
eraill a golchi’r dwylo yn rheolaidd. Wrth deithio, dylech hefyd osgoi rhannu
ceir gyda phobl o’r tu allan i’ch cartref.
"Rhaid i unrhyw un
sy’n amau bod ganddo symptomau haint COVID-19 – tymheredd uchel, peswch newydd
parhaus, neu wedi colli’r synnwyr arogli neu flasu (anosmia) – hunanynysu a
gofyn am brawf ar frys.
"Rhaid i achosion a
gadarnheir ynysu am saith diwrnod, gydag aelodau eraill eu cartref yn ynysu am
14 diwrnod nes bod y risg o drosglwyddo’r haint wedi mynd. Gyda’i gilydd, bydd
y camau gweithredu syml ond effeithiol yma’n sicrhau nad yw’r feirws yn
lledaenu.
Diweddariad ar yr achosion presennol
“Gall Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru gadarnhau
nad ydym yn adrodd am unrhyw achosion newydd o’r Coronafeirws yn gysylltiedig â
safle 2
Sisters yn Llangefni ar Ynys
Môn.
“Mae'r
cyfanswm felly'n parhau’n 221 o achosion sy'n gysylltiedig â'r haint
yno. Mae’r ffaith nad oes unrhyw achosion newydd wedi’u cofnodi yn arwydd
da, ac mae’n awgrymu bod y mesurau rheoli wedi bod yn effeithiol.
“Mae'r
rhaglen brofi â ffocws wedi'i chwblhau, ac nid oes tystiolaeth o drosglwyddo
cymunedol ehangach yn sgil yr achosion. Cyn belled nad oes unrhyw newid i'r
sefyllfa hon, byddwn yn ceisio dod â'r achoion hyn i ben yn ffurfiol yn y
dyfodol agos.
“Mae Iechyd
Cyhoeddus Cymru a’n partneriaid amlasiantaeth wedi bod yn ymchwilio i nifer
bach o achosion labordy a gadarnhawyd o’r Coronafeirws sy’n gysylltiedig â
safle prosesu bwyd Zorba Delicacies Ltd yng Nglynebwy. Yn dilyn profi 476 o
weithwyr, cyfanswm yr achosion a gadarnhawyd mewn labordy yw wyth, gydag un
achos tebygol arall.
“Cysylltwyd â
chysylltiadau agos yr achosion a gadarnhawyd trwy’r broses Profi, Olrhain,
Diogelu a rhoddwyd cyngor ychwanegol iddyn nhw, aelodau eu cartrefi a
chysylltiadau eraill.”
“Mae Tîm Rheoli Achosion yn parhau
i fonitro ar gyfer achosion cysylltiedig â’r gweithlu yn Rowan Foods, ac fel rhan o’i waith yn adolygu’n barhaus ei ddata ar
yr achosion o haint y Coronafeirws Newydd (COVID-19).
“Fel rhan o’r
broses hon, rydym yn ymchwilio i achosion yn ardal Wrecsam trwy’r broses Profi
Olrhain Diogelu. Yn naturiol, mae’r gwaith hwn yn cynnwys nodi ymhle rydym yn
credu y gallai trosglwyddo fod yn digwydd, a nodi clystyrau lleol o achosion.
“Yn ogystal,
cyfanswm yr achosion positif a nodwyd yn ffatri prosesu cig Kepak Merthyr yw
141 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 dweud ei bod yn annhebygol iawn y gallwch ddal y
coronafeirws o fwyd. Salwch resbiradol yw COVID-19. Nid oes tystiolaeth ei fod
yn cael ei drosglwyddo drwy ddod i gysylltiad â bwyd neu becynnau bwyd.
Olrhain
cysylltiadau a gwybodaeth gyffredinol
“Mae
olrhain cysylltiadau yn parhau yng Nghymru fel rhan o strategaeth ‘Profi, Olrhain, Diogelu’ Llywodraeth
Cymru. Bydd tîm o olrheinwyr cysylltiadau’n cysylltu ag unrhyw un sydd wedi cael
prawf positif am y Coronafeirws Newydd (COVID-19), a gofynnir am fanylion pawb
y mae wedi bod mewn cysylltiad agos â nhw tra oedd ganddo symptomau.
“Gwnewch nodyn o'ch
gweithgareddau er mwyn i chi allu cofio’n hawdd ble oeddech chi ar ddiwrnod
penodol, ynghyd â gyda phwy y buoch mewn cysylltiad.
“Os gofynnir i chi
hunanynysu, dylech hefyd gydymffurfio â'r cais hwn er mwyn atal y feirws rhag
lledaenu ymhellach.
Mae’r olrheinwyr yn
staff hyfforddedig a bydd yr wybodaeth bersonol rydych chi'n ei darparu’n cael
ei thrin yn unol â rheoliadau diogelu data ac ni fydd yn cael ei rhannu'n eang.
“Mae
rhagor o wybodaeth am symptomau’r Coronafeirws ar gael ar wefan Iechyd
Cyhoeddus Cymru, neu gall aelodau'r cyhoedd ddefnyddio gwiriwr symptomau GIG Cymru.
“Gall
unrhyw un sy’n profi symptomau’r Coronafeirws Newydd (COVID-19) wneud cais am
becyn prawf cartref drwy fynd i www.gov.wales/coronavirus, neu
drwy ffonio’r gwasanaeth ffôn 119 cenedlaethol.
“Ni
ddylai unrhyw un sy’n amau bod ganddo/ganddi salwch y coronafeirws fynd i
feddygfa, 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 eich 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 destun dad-ddyblygu, mireinio a chysoni
parhaus. Gallai hyn arwain at amrywiad yng nghyfanswm 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 yn
y cyfansymiau ar gyfer ardal yr awdurdod lleol ac ardal y Bwrdd Iechyd y mae’r
claf yn byw ynddo, er mwyn rhoi darlun cyflawn ar gyfer Cymru.
DIWEDD
CYSYLLTU: Ar gyfer ymholiadau gan y
cyfryngau, cysylltwch â thîm Cyfathrebu Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru ar 02920 348755
(24 awr)
Nodiadau’r
golygydd
Mae gwybodaeth fanwl am
achosion newydd o Coronafeirws Newydd (COVID-19) yng Nghymru bellach ar gael ar
ein dangosfwrdd data hawdd ei ddefnyddio ar wefan Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru.
Sefydliad y GIG yw Iechyd
Cyhoeddus Cymru sy'n darparu cyngor a gwasanaethau iechyd y cyhoedd annibynnol
yn broffesiynol i amddiffyn a gwella iechyd a llesiant poblogaeth Cymru.
Mae gan Iechyd Cyhoeddus
Cymru bedair swyddogaeth statudol:
- Darparu
a rheoli ystod o wasanaethau a gwasanaethau iechyd y cyhoedd, amddiffyn
iechyd, gwella gofal iechyd, cynghori iechyd, amddiffyn plant a labordy
microbiolegol sy'n ymwneud â goruchwylio, atal a rheoli clefydau
trosglwyddadwy;
- Datblygu
a chynnal trefniadau ar gyfer sicrhau bod gwybodaeth am faterion sy'n
ymwneud ag amddiffyn a gwella iechyd yng Nghymru ar gael i'r cyhoedd;
ymgymryd â chomisiynu ymchwil i faterion o'r fath a chyfrannu at ddarparu
a datblygu hyfforddiant mewn materion o'r fath;
- Ymgymryd
â chasglu, dadansoddi a lledaenu gwybodaeth yn systematig am iechyd pobl
Cymru yn benodol gan gynnwys nifer yr achosion o ganser, marwolaethau a
goroesi; a nifer yr anomaleddau cynhenid; a
- Darparu,
rheoli, monitro, gwerthuso a chynnal ymchwil i sgrinio cyflyrau iechyd a
sgrinio materion sy'n ymwneud ag iechyd.
Mae rhagor o
wybodaeth am Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru ar gael yn www.phw.nhs.wales