A Welsh charity says home and isolation is "not a refuge for many women and children across the country who live with the impact of abuse".

It said it could be a "particularly daunting and frightening time" for them.

Latest update from Public Health Wales.

Frontline NHS staff in Wales are to be screened for coronavirus to help the health service cope with the outbreak.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething said capacity for testing for coronavirus is to be increased, with a phased roll-out of testing for healthcare workers involved in frontline care.

A doctor in Wales called for GPs to be included.

People in Caerphilly are being urged to give their telephone number to neighbours who may need help.

Ryan English, an A-level student from Wales, fears his predicted grades will not be enough for a place on his chosen university course.

“I’m very concerned with the situation for many students like myself who are in their final year of A-Levels but the predicted grades are sometimes lower than the offers from university," he told the BBC News Channel.

“If they do give us marks based on predicted grades then students like myself stand to lose out on future opportunities.

“The assessments are based on mock exams but in some mock exams I sat, the teachers had not finished teaching the syllabus in time.

“I want to do my final exams this summer because I’ve worked hard and I want to be given the chance to prove myself and work for my place in university.”

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Arriva, which runs bus services in north Wales, says it is having to reduce the frequency of some services from Monday.

The firm said it would still be operating its key routes "to ensure customers can continue to access critical services".

Service changes would be tailored in line with ongoing advice from the authorities, Arriva added.

Details of changes will be announced via www.arrivabus.co.uk, external and on social media.

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The funeral of former Wales rugby player Matthew J Watkins is to be streamed online because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Watkins, who won 18 caps for Wales between 2003 and 2006, died earlier this month at the age of 41 after being diagnosed with a rare form of pelvic cancer.

The former Dragons, Gloucester and Scarlets centre's funeral will take place on 31 March and a large gathering had been expected.

A statement from the funeral directors said: "During these uncertain times we ask that only family and close friends attend Matthew's funeral service…

"The funeral service will be streamed online for anyone wishing to see from the safety of their own home...”

Two events organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society have been cancelled.

They are the Royal Welsh Grassland Event on 7 May and the Smallholding & Countryside Festival on 16 and 17 May.

The Royal Welsh Show scheduled for 20 to 23 July is still on at moment, although the society said it was "continuing to closely monitor the situation as it develops".

Chief Executive Steve Hughson said: ‘’The Society is deeply disappointed that we have had to make the difficult decision to cancel these important Society events.

"However, as a responsible event organiser, we fully understand the need to work across the industry to minimise the spread of this pandemic."

Cardiff Market will stay open to the public, despite traders being told yesterday that it would close on Friday.

Cardiff Council said it will now remain open “with an enhanced cleansing regime”.

Stallholders were initially told via email yesterday that they would have to leave the market yesterday afternoon.

Many fear a complete closure of the market would lead to customers going elsewhere, and force them to close their businesses for good.

Butcher Andrew Morgan said his “heart sank” when he heard the news yesterday. He said he was worried whether his 160-year-old business would survive a closure.

“I haven’t got the resources behind me to get us through, it’s as simple as that”.

Our reporter Nelli Bird is at the Dell Primary School in Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

She spoke to Kate Richardson who was dropping off her seven and three-year-olds.

The sales manager said her work had already been affected by the outbreak.

“It all just feels very surreal,” she said.

“It’s an anxious time but I think it’s important to keep as much normality as possible for the children and just try and explain to them as best as possible what is going on, just explain to them how important it is to help people in our community as well. I am just off to do some shopping for someone.”

Eight-year-old Ed said he and his classmates had been learning about the virus at school: “I’ve been told at school I have to wash my hands before and after lunch and at break time as well,” he said.

Asked how he was feeling about an extra long he said: “Happy!’

His mother Lucy said her older children were supposed to be sitting their GCSEs before they were cancelled: “That’s a bit unsettling for them because they thought they were going to be staying at school and then now they’ve been told that they are not going to be seeing their friends, they’ll be staying at home.”

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is the latest health board to announce restrictions to hospital visiting.

Visiting will be for one hour a day with no under 12s are allowed.

Its hospitals include the Royal Gwent in Newport and Nevill Hall in Abergavenny.

Asked if he would consider forming a 'government of national unity', Mark Drakeford says he is keen to co-operate with and inform other parties, but rejects the 'upheaval' that forming such a government would involve.

Mark Drakeford says he always stresses the need for a single course of action across the UK, but he defends the right of devolved nations to take their own decisions e.g. on deployment of NHS staff when in Welsh interests.

Mark Drakeford confirmed a phased rollout of coronavirus testing, to begin with frontline NHS staff. Then advice will be taken on whether to expand that to other groups of people.

There are clear signs that the public is heeding advice on social distancing and other measures, but everyone needs to follow suit, the first minister added.

Health minister Vaughan Gething was tested for coronavirus because of the importance of his position, the first minister said. The test was negative. Very good news for him and for Wales that he is back at his desk, Mark Drakeford added.

There are no imminent plans for any sort of lockdown in major cities, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.

Updating people's criminal record checks could be suspended in order to get them back to work, such as anyone returning to social care, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.