A Wales-based bagpiper played along to the clapping tonight, saying he wanted to thank NHS and other keyworkers for their "bravery and hard work".

The Newport man said "bagpipers worldwide" were offering their thanks.

Theatres across Rhondda Cynon Taff were also lit up in blue as a show of support.

People in Pontypridd were "out in force" for tonight's clap at 20:00 clap to pay tribute to NHS and keyworkers.

Tonight's tribute follows a similar show of support last week for health, social care and other workers on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus.

BBC Wales News' Stephen Fairclough tweeted a video showing people coming out of their homes to take part this evening.

People around the country joined in the show of appreciation.

ICC Wales in Newport was also one of the buildings in Wales lit up in support of key workers.

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City Hall and the Cardiff Bay Barrage sails have been lit up blue as a show of support for key workers.

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Wales Air Ambulance has tweeted a video of people clapping to support all key workers.

"NHS staff, carers, emergency services, supermarket workers, council workers, volunteers, postal workers, delivery drivers and many more.

"We salute you."

Health Secretary Vaughan has tweeted to say he is glad people have taken to the streets to clap to show their appreciation for health and social care workers.

South Wales Police's Eastern Road Policing Unit has tweeted a video of officers joining in tonight's clap to show appreciation for NHS staff fighting coronavirus.

Watch as Wales joins together to show support for NHS workers fighting coronavirus with a nationwide round of applause.

Here's a scene in Penarth Marina right now.

It's nearly that time again.

The sound of applause, cheers, and spoons clanking against pans is set to ring out in the UK at 20:00BST, as people show their support for those working on the frontline.

Last week's inaugural #ClapForOurCarers campaign spread across the whole country with people thanking NHS staff and social workers.

This week's applause will also cheer on all frontline workers, including teachers, postal workers and cleaners.

A restaurant in Swansea has turned its hand to making meals for NHS staff in their fight against coronavirus.

Môr, in Mumbles, is making about 150 meals a day for staff at the city's Morriston Hospital.

Head chef Leigh Norton said he hopes it inspires businesses with bigger facilities to join in.

Also in that BBC Wales interview with Welsh Secretary Simon Hart, he said the new coronavirus testing equipment acquired centrally by the UK government should be allocated according to need.

There have been concerns that new tests would be allocated according to population share.

Wales has 4.7% of the population, but currently 6% of Covid-19 cases.

The Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP said: "I think whether it is when we're talking about PPE protective gear, when we talk about ventilator drugs, whether we're talking about testing regimes, then the critical thing is we're getting as much into the UK as we possibly can and in all of those different areas.

"Then, of course, it's a matter of making sure that the individual nations have what they need.

"There are bits of Wales where the need is currently greater. That may change of course in the coming weeks. But nobody's tying themselves down to just lines on a map."

Welsh Secretary Simon Hart has said the question of whether a deal for extra testing in Wales with a supplier collapsed, and why that might have happened, is a matter for Welsh ministers.

It follows the collapse of a deal the Welsh Government has said it had with Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche to provide 5,000 extra coronavirus tests a day.

Roche has insisted it "never had a contract or agreement directly with Wales" to supply coronavirus testing and its priority was to "support the UK government and NHS to scale up testing across the whole of the UK, including in Wales".

Ex-Welsh secretary Stephen Crabb, who now chairs Westminster's Welsh affairs committee, has written to Mr Hart saying the reported collapse of the deal raises questions about "co-ordination and co-operation between Whitehall and Cardiff Bay in the procurement of tests and other essential equipment".

Mr Hart told BBC Wales political editor Felicity Evans: "The arrangement between the company in question and the Welsh Government was set up by that company and the Welsh Government and I will point Stephen in the direction of them as respectfully as I can."

But he said the "key thing is attempting to keep ahead of this huge global and national-international problem".

"I don't think that ambition is best served by having an internal debate about whose signature was at the bottom of a piece of paper," Mr Hart added.

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Thousands of extra beds have been set up in Wales for coronavirus patients to help ease the pressure on NHS hospital wards.

Cardiff's Principality Stadium, Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Llanelli's Parc y Scarlets and Bluestone National Park resort near Narberth are just some of the locations that have been converted into field hospitals.

This map shows the locations of the planned locations field hospitals across Wales.