Public Health Wales statement on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
This statement will be updated daily at 2pm
Updated:
Sunday 23 August
Dr Robin Howe, Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said:
“Public Health Wales welcomes the further easing of lockdown measures by the Welsh Government, enabling up to four households to join together in an extended household, which came into effect on Saturday 22 August.
“This means that families and friends will be
able to reunite, and will also help with caring arrangements.
“It is important to remember that if one person
develops symptoms then everyone in the extended household arrangement will need
to self-isolate in line with the Welsh Government guidance.
“In addition, up to 30 people will be able to
meet for a meal following a wedding, civil partnership or funeral, providing
social distancing measures are maintained.
“Public
Health Wales also welcomes the recent announcement of £32m investment from
Welsh Government in our laboratory service.
“This will
allow the service to undergo a major transformation which will significantly
increase its COVID-19 testing capacity, speed up testing turnaround times and
allow regional labs to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
“The funding
will also see the creation of six Hot Labs at hospitals across Wales, and will
create up to 160 new jobs in the sector. More information can be found here.
“Advice on
travelling abroad, including the latest information on quarantine requirements
on returning home, can be found on the FCO website.
"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 10 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
“We continue
to carefully monitor the higher background rates of Coronavirus in Wrexham as
part of our routine surveillance of the virus in Wales. Members of the
public can help prevent spread of Coronavirus by always observing social
distancing guidelines “ that’s staying two metres away from others - washing
hands regularly, and working from home if they can.
“We can
confirm that two incubation periods (28 days) have passed without any new cases
of Coronavirus associated with Rowan Foods, and in line with the standard
approach to the management of outbreaks the Outbreak Control Team has been
concluded and the outbreak associated with the factory has been declared over.
“We continue
to work in close partnership with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and
Wrexham Council to deliver multi-agency activity in Wrexham to monitor and
respond to cases of Coronavirus.”
“Public
Health Wales is working with Wrexham Council to investigate a small number of
cases of Coronavirus associated with the North and South Wales Bank pub
in Wrexham.
“The
identification of these cases is evidence that the Test, Trace, Protect
strategy is working, and no outbreak has been declared.
Contact
tracing and general information
“Contact
tracing continues 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 do so 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.
“Information
about the symptoms of Coronavirus is available on the Public Health Wales
website, or via the NHS 111 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.”
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Diweddarwyd: 2:00yp Dydd
Sul 23 Awst
Dywedodd Dr Robin Howe, Cyfarwyddwr
Digwyddiad ar gyfer yr ymateb i'r achos o'r Coronafeirws Newydd (COVID-19) yn
Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru:
“Mae Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru yn croesawu llacio mesurau cyfyngiadau symud ymhellach gan Lywodraeth Cymru, gan alluogi hyd at bedwar cartref i ymuno â’i gilydd mewn aelwyd estynedig, a ddaeth i rym ddydd Sadwrn 22 Awst.
“Mae
hyn yn golygu y bydd teuluoedd a ffrindiau yn gallu dod at ei gilydd eto, a
byddant hefyd yn gallu helpu gyda threfniadau gofal.
“Mae'n bwysig cofio, os bydd un person yn
datblygu symptomau, yna bydd angen i bawb yn yr aelwyd estynedig hunanynysu yn
unol â chanllawiau Llywodraeth Cymru.
“Yn ogystal, bydd hyd at 30 o bobl yn gallu
cyfarfod am bryd o fwyd yn dilyn priodas, partneriaeth sifil neu angladd, ar yr
amod bod mesurau cadw pellter cymdeithasol yn cael eu cynnal.
“Mae Iechyd
Cyhoeddus Cymru hefyd yn croesawu’r cyhoeddiad diweddar bod buddsoddiad o £32m
gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn ein gwasanaeth labordy.
“Bydd hyn yn
caniatáu i'r gwasanaeth gael ei weddnewid, a fydd yn cynyddu ei gapasiti profi
ar gyfer COVID-19 yn sylweddol, yn cyflymu amseroedd prosesu ac yn caniatáu i
labordai rhanbarthol weithredu 24 awr y dydd, saith diwrnod yr wythnos.
“Bydd y
cyllid hefyd yn creu chwe Labordy Allweddol mewn ysbytai ledled Cymru, a bydd
yn creu hyd at 160 o swyddi newydd yn y sector. Gellir dod o hyd i ragor
o wybodaeth yma.
“Gellir dod o
hyd i gyngor ar deithio tramor, gan gynnwys yr wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y
gofynion cwarantin wrth ddychwelyd adref, ar wefan y
Swyddfa Dramor a Chymanwlad.
“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 gadarnhawyd ynysu am 10 diwrnod, a rhaid i aelodau o’u cartrefi
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
“Rydym yn
parhau i fonitro’r cyfraddau cefndirol uwch o Coronafeirws yn Wrecsam fel rhan
o'n gwyliadwriaeth arferol o'r feirws yng Nghymru. Gall aelodau’r cyhoedd
helpu i atal Coronafeirws rhag lledaenu trwy gadw at ganllawiau cadw pellter
cymdeithasol bob amser - hynny yw, aros dau fetr i ffwrdd oddi wrth bobl eraill
- golchi eu dwylo’n rheolaidd a gweithio gartref os gallant wneud hynny.
“Gallwn
gadarnhau bod dau gyfnod magu (28 diwrnod) wedi mynd heibio heb unrhyw achosion
newydd o Coronafeirws sy'n gysylltiedig â Rowan Foods, ac yn unol â'r dull
safonol o reoli achosion, mae gwaith y Tîm Rheoli Achosion wedi gorffen ac
mae'r brigiad o achosion a oedd yn gysylltiedig â'r ffatri wedi dod i ben.
“Rydym yn
parhau i weithio mewn partneriaeth agos â Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi
Cadwaladr a Chyngor Wrecsam i ddarparu ymateb aml-asiantaeth yn Wrecsam i
fonitro ac ymateb i achosion o Coronafeirws.”
“Mae Iechyd
Cyhoeddus Cymru yn gweithio gyda Chyngor Wrecsam i ymchwilio i nifer fach o
achosion o Coronafeirws sy’n gysylltiedig â thafarn North and South Wales
Bank yn Wrecsam.
“Mae canfod
yr achosion hyn yn dystiolaeth bod y strategaeth Profi, Olrhain, Diogelu yn
gweithio, ac ni chyhoeddwyd unrhyw achosion eraill.
Olrhain
cysylltiadau a gwybodaeth gyffredinol
“Mae olrhain
cysylltiadau yn parhau fel rhan o strategaeth Profi, Olrhain, Diogelu
Llywodraeth Cymru. Bydd tîm o swyddogion olrhain 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 ganddo symptomau.
“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 wneud hyn 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 am symptomau Coronafeirws ar gael ar wefan Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru,
neu drwy holiadur 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.”