Commenting on the provision of free school meals in Wales during the outbreak, Education Minister Kirsty Williams said: “We’re the only UK nation to guarantee free school meals over the Easter period, providing £7m worth of new funding.

"An announcement will be made about a national scheme for the rest of the school year.”

Some schools will stay open for vulnerable children and the children of key workers over the Easter holiday period, Wales’ education minister has said.

Kirsty Williams told the Welsh Government’s daily coronavirus briefing free school meals would also continue over the Easter holidays for disadvantaged children.

As of Tuesday, 1,563 people had tested positive for Covid-19 in Wales, though the true figure is higher.

The death toll in Wales currently stands at 69.

Police have warned people not to travel to Great Orme after its goats made the news for taking over a deserted nearby town centre.

On Tuesday we reported the goats had made their way to Llandudno, eating hedges and flowers from gardens.

North Wales Police tweeted: "It's great to see the media reaction to the #GreatOrmeGoats, external that we are all very fond of, however, please do NOT travel to #Llandudno, external to see them. This is not essential travel and is putting unnecessary demand on all public services."

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Women and girls in Wales can now have home abortions during the coronavirus outbreak, the health minister has said.

Patients wanting to terminate an early pregnancy can take two pills at home instead of at a hospital or clinic, to avoid exposure to coronavirus.

It follows calls from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to allow the procedures at home.

The Royal College had expressed concern women may turn to illegal abortions if they were not able to access services.

In other news, a man has died after being hit by a lorry, police have said.

North Wales Police said it was called to the A55 near Bangor in the early hours of Wednesday following a report of a man walking along the major road.

The man was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor by ambulance and died shortly after arriving at the hospital, the force said.

Sgt Raymond Williams, of the Roads Policing Unit, said he believed the man was 44 and from Ireland and was working with the police service of the Republic of Ireland - the Garda - to formally confirm his identity.

He said: “We know that he had travelled over to Holyhead by ferry as a foot passenger. We now believe he was given a lift from the port and was later dropped off near Bangor, so we are appealing to the person or people who gave a man a lift from the ferry to come forward."

Only the most vulnerable people should expect a "shielding letter" from the Welsh Government, Wales' health minister has said.

Vaughan Gething said there had been “some confusion” around who would be written to as part of the government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis.

Speaking on BBC Radio Wales’ Breakfast with Claire Summers programme, Mr Gething said 81,000 people across Wales had been identified as needing a letter.

The document will allow them to access certain support services, including food delivery.

Mr Gething urged people still waiting for a letter to arrive to wait until the end of the week.

However he also warned some of those thinking they should be getting a letter that they won’t necessarily receive one.

“If people say, ‘I feel vulnerable, I want a letter’, that isn’t the basis on which those letters are going out.”

Welsh Ambulance workers have expressed their gratitude for a donation of ice creams.

BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle says it is rare for teenagers to become seriously ill after being infected with coronavirus.

He was speaking after a 13-year-old boy who tested positive for the virus died.

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from Brixton in south London, died in King's College Hospital early on Monday. He is thought to be the youngest person to have died with the virus in the UK.

"Just 0.3% of those who show symptoms require hospital care and 0.006% die - in other words, two out of every 30,000 infections among this age group will not survive," he said.

"But it does happen, as this distressing case shows."

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A lack of personal protective equipment for care staff visiting people's own homes has left many feeling frightened for their own wellbeing.

Keri Llewellyn, who runs a care company in Barry with 90 staff, said: "I am worried about money, staff and protective equipment... and the lack of proper equipment means staff are literally frightened to go to work."

Ms Llewellyn, who speaks on domicallary care for Care Forum Wales which represents independent care providers, said: “This is the biggest challenge we’ve ever, ever faced.

“The lack of PPE has been an issue and up until Friday I had no eye protection for my staff.

"I’ve got some now but nowhere near enough, certainly not enough to randomly hand it out.

“My regular supplier has invited me to make an order but I can only order a fifth of what I would normally have."

Health Minister Vaughan Gething said there was "a significant effort to get even more" PPE to health workers.

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Coastguards have thanked a west Wales gin distillery turning its hand to providing hand sanitiser for members of their team.

The health board that covers mid and west Wales is not expecting the coronavirus outbreak to peak there for another eight weeks, according to a Welsh Government minister.

Lee Waters, assembly member for Llanelli, says early June will be “a very difficult time.”

In a video posted on his Facebook page, he said: “We’re in a health crisis and we’re going to have to get used to this.

“The chief executive of Hywel Dda [health board] tells me they’re not expecting the peak of cases in our part of Wales to be reached for eight more weeks.

“It’s going to be early June until the peak of this is reached and that’s going to be a very difficult time."

Asked on BBC Radio Wales when the peak for the whole of Wales will arrive, Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: “We still expect that we’re going to have a difficult period of weeks and a peak may come from April into May or maybe later."

Bangor University is using its halls of residence as accommodation for NHS staff.

It said it was one of several moves to help the health service and local community respond to the coronavirus crisis.

The university is also collecting suitable personal protective equipment (PPE) for the NHS, producing hand sanitiser and providing specialist respiratory physiotherapy training for NHS staff.

Vice-Chancellor, Prof Iwan Davies, said: "This is a very difficult time, and as well as continuing to educate students online, we have been responding directly to support the front line as they deal with the crisis.”

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Health Minister Vaughan Gething says letters have been sent to 81,000 of Wales’ most vulnerable people advising them to stay indoors for 12 to 16 weeks.

Responding to criticism that some letters have not arrived, he told BBC Radio Wales: "Those letters have gone out, there will be a time between posting and arriving with people...

“Those people will be offered access to food delivery and support, that is part of what our volunteer network is doing.

“We've never had to interrogate our data like this to categories people in that way.”

Here are the top coronavirus stories from Wales so far today:

• A GP surgery has apologised after sending a letter asking patients with life-limiting illnesses to complete a "do not resuscitate" form

• Dentists have warned people will lose teeth because of high demand for personal protective equipment in hospitals

• Pollution in Cardiff and other cities has fallen because of the coronavirus lockdown

• Seven more deaths were announced on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths in Wales to 69

• There were also 112 new confirmed cases, meaning there have now been a total of 1,563 positive tests in Wales

• "Wales will get a population share of the UK [coronavirus] tests,” Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething has said

• The National Assembly for Wales is to hold its first virtual session later

Chris Savoury is moving from adult services to providing hands-on care for vulnerable people.

He is one of tens of thousands of UK council staff set to be redeployed in "critical" roles during the coronavirus crisis.

Wildlife experts say people can now hear more birds and other animals because noise pollution has fallen.

Janine Pannett, of Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project in Machynlleth, said: "Just take that little bit of extra time to enjoy what's on your doorstep.

"Whether it's opening the window and listening to the birdsong for 10 minutes or, if you're lucky enough to have access to a green space, go and see - whether it's insects, birds - what's there on your doorstep.

"Birdsong is very important. Time of year is really important to listen out for returning migrants, not just large birds like our ospreys, but smaller birds like the chiffchaff, and it's so uplifting to hear the sounds of spring creeping in."

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A hospice serving north Wales is going to lose a quarter of its £4m income because of coronavirus, its chief executive has said.

Trystan Pritchard of St David's Hospice, external in Llandudno said without the government support to pay staff 80% of their wages the charity would already have folded.

"Of course our clinical staff need to keep on working, busier than ever.

"And so support to ensure we can continue with the necessary service is the problem right now." he said.

"We've unfortunately had to close some of our daytime services already and focus on the inpatient beds we have at the main hospice in Llandudno.

"This means that our family support services, supporting bereaved families and so on, have had to come to an end because of their nature or because we have to focus on the inpatient beds."

Traffic Wales has shared images of quiet roads this morning.

"Working together we can beat coronavirus," it added.