Some schools in Cardiff are asking local people to open their windows at 2pm - pupils will be in the yard singing as loud as they can. It will no doubt be emotional

There are 21 new cases in Wales, while there has also been a third death from the virus, Public Health Wales has said.

In total, there are 191 cases of the illness in Wales but the true number is likely to be higher.

Incident director Dr Giri Shankar said: "The chief medical officer has today confirmed the death of a third Welsh resident who had tested positive for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

"Public Health Wales offer our sincere condolences to family and friends affected by this loss.

“The individual, who was in their seventies and had underlying health conditions, was being treated at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend."

Dr Shankar said coronavirus is now "circulating in every part of Wales".

He said testing is being expanded but is currently prioritised for patients and health care workers involved in frontline patient facing clinical care.

Dr Shankar urged people to follow guidelines including staying at home for 14 days if they, or anyone in their household, has either a high temperature or a new and continuous cough.

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Officials at the Celtic Manor Resort and ICC Wales Conference Centre say the venues have already lost £2m as a result of cancellations.

Any event of more than 50 booked for March and April have been called off.

The two venues that employ 1,000 permanent staff and 200 casual employees have written to the first minister asking for immediate measures to protect industry.

Officials said the £1m lost by conference venue ICC Wales would have been worth £5m to local businesses, including shops and restaurants.

The Welsh Government has published advice for parents and pupils, external on what the role of schools will be from next week.

Bus operator urges customers to use contactless payments.

People queue outside Boots pharmacy in Whitchurch village, Cardiff, after the store limits entry to five people at a time.

Customers are handing their prescriptions to a member of staff at the door.

Shoppers need to be “selfless” and behave in a "compassionate way", the Welsh Economy Minister has said.

Panic-buying and stockpiling has led to empty shelves in some supermarkets with several shops now limiting what people can buy.

Ken Skates said: "There will be enough food to go around… but we have to act as a society responsibly."

Mr Skates asked shoppers to consider their neighbours, colleagues and vulnerable people in society "before they hoard".

He also urged people to show respect for shopworkers who are operating in "incredibly stressful circumstances".

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It is the last day in school for most pupils in Wales - as classrooms prepare to close during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Welsh Government has ordered lessons to be suspended as part of the fight against the spread of Covid-19.

There will be no examinations this summer for either GCSE or A-level students.

Pupils from across Wales said they feel sad and stressed about exams but others were "excited" at the extra time in bed and extended holidays.

Wales' economy minister Ken Skates has appealed to the chancellor to announce plans for the UK government to pay workers wages through the coronavirus crisis, warning some firms have "just hours to survive".

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to unveil an employment and wage subsidy package later after talks late into the night with business groups and union leaders, to try to save millions of jobs.

In a Welsh Government news conference, Ken Skates said: "I hope and I believe the chancellor will today make the right decision in regard to wage subsidies.

"Many businesses have just hours, not days, to survive and they cannot wait until next week for a positive answer from the chancellor."

A third person has died in Wales after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

Announcing the death of the 71-year-old, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales Dr Frank Atherton said: “I’m very sorry to report that a third patient in Wales who tested positive for Covid-19 has sadly died.

"I offer my sincere condolences to their family and friends and ask that their request for privacy is respected.

“The patient, aged 71, had underlying health conditions and was being treated at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend.”

Transport for Wales announce a reduced service to run from Monday.

First Minister Mark Drakeford will be live on the BBC's Politics Wales this Sunday and BBC Wales wants your questions to put to him.

If you have a question for him about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak email bbcpoliticswales@bbc.co.uk

Screening for conditions including bowel and breast cancer have been suspended by the Welsh Government.

The temporarily pause will affect Breast Test Wales, Cervical Screening Wales, Bowel Screening Wales, Diabetic Eye Screening Wales and Wales Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: “As we face the challenge of dealing with this pandemic, the well-being of the people of Wales is my top priority.

“Many people who attend screening programmes are in a higher-risk category for coronavirus and it is essential that we minimise risk to those people at this time.

“This is a temporary suspension and we will resume these programmes at the earliest opportunity when it is safe to do so. In the meantime I would urge anyone who may have symptoms of some of the conditions that we screen for, to contact their GP.”

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An eerily quiet Cardiff Central Train Station on Friday morning as many workers follow government guidance on social distancing., external

The UK government has published a list of key workers whose children will be cared for at school to enable their parents to continue with work considered to be essential during the pandemic.

Children with at least one parent working in the listed sectors can continue to attend school but the government is asking parents to keep their children at home wherever possible, external.

The list, which is expected to be the same for workers in Wales,, external has been separated into eight categories:

Health and social care

This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.

Education and childcare

This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the Covid-19 response to deliver this approach.

Key public services

This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.

Local and national government

This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the Covid-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.

Food and other necessary goods

This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).

Public safety and national security

This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the Covid-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.

Transport

This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the Covid-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.

Utilities, communication and financial services

This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the Covid-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.

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North Wales Police has warned about email scammers trying to use the coronavirus outbreak as a way to commit fraud.

It highlighted emails sent that say schools are closing and all pupils are being given free meals followed by a request for bank details so parents "can be supported".

It will be a Mother's Day like no other on Sunday, as scores of people self-isolate and are forced to rethink plans with loved ones. With the usual lunches and afternoon teas cancelled, what can people do instead to celebrate?

Afsar, who has four children and six grandchildren, plans to cook the family a traditional Persian dish of green herby rice and fish, and leave it on her doorstep to be collected.

According to current guidelines there is no evidence to suggest that Covid-19 is passed through packages of food, if cooking is what you plan to do.

But the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends following good hygiene practices when handling and preparing food, such as washing hands, cooking meat thoroughly and avoiding potential cross-contamination between cooked and uncooked foods.

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Governments around the world are advising people to socially distance themselves in order to reduce pressures on health services and stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19).

But what exactly is the advice on social distancing - and who should be doing it the most? And how exactly does it stop the spread of coronavirus?

The BBC's health reporter Laura Foster explains.

Prison officers lack equipment to protect them against coronavirus, said the chairman of a worker' association.

Mark Fairhurst was responding after news 75 officers were off sick and isolating and 22 prisoners were showing symptoms at HMP Berwyn.

He said the situation highlights "the work to society of prison officers", calling it "the forgotten service".

He raised concerns there are not enough single cells if coronavirus spreads on a large scale and prisoners need to self isolate.