Scammers tried to get inside a 94-year-old woman's home by claiming to be checking fire alarms in homes.

North Wales Police said a man had called at the woman's home In Wrexham on Monday.

The force said: "Luckily she said no and phoned the police.

"North Wales fire are not making these checks".

Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak there have been reports of vulnerable people being targeted with scams, including the sale of fake personal protective equipment (PPE), pretending to be officials offering advice, and offering fake holiday refunds.

“Avoidable harm and avoidable deaths” have taken place because people are not coming forward with urgent care needs, according to Health Minister Vaughan Gething.

He said the Welsh NHS is not seeing the numbers it would expect of cardiac arrests and strokes in the last month.

Speaking at the daily Welsh Government press conference, Mr Gething repeated reassurances that the NHS "is still open and available for people with urgent care needs".

"I’m particularly concerned that some people are already deciding not to come in, even if they have urgent care needs," he added.

Mr Gething said he had asked NHS chief executives to begin planning for how the service will work as the lockdown restrictions are eased.

This could include having “streams of non-Covid patients” on the same site as coronavirus patients, or sites where no Covid-19 positive patients will go. He said plans are being worked through.

Haven has extended the closure of its UK holiday parks to 31 May 2020.

The company, which has seven resorts in Wales, said while the decision will be disappointing for guests, they need to ensure the health and safety of the nation during the coronavirus crisis.

Haven's parks include Presthaven in Denbighshire, Hafan y Mor and Greenacres in Gwynedd, Quay West in Ceredigion, and Lydstep Beach, Penally Court and Kiln Park in Pembrokeshire.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething says he's expecting a flight to land at Cardiff Airport this afternoon carrying a significant delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) for Wales.

He said there are 200,000 fluid-resistant gowns on board the flight from Cambodia and that he thought around forty to fifty thousand of the gowns were being used each week.

"It is the first of two flights expected this week, which will help to replenish our stocks of gowns in Wales," Mr Gething said.

"We are expecting another flight from China later this week with a further 460,000 gowns".

A shipment of 10 million masks arrived from China on Saturday.

Mr Gething thanked Cardiff Airport, the military and the police for their help in coordinating "this vital delivery of PPE for our front-line health and care staff".

Health Minister Vaughan Gething said coronavirus testing capacity has increased to more than 2,000 tests a day in Wales.

He said from Thursday, a new web-based booking system will be available for those booking a test at the Cardiff and Newport drive-through testing centres.

“Booking slots will be prioritised for health and social care staff and large employers of workers where there is a risk to business continuity for critical infrastructure or service delivery,” he said.

Mr Gething said online bookings for west and north Wales will be phased in.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething says a drive-through testing centre will be opened in Llandudno tomorrow to test critical workers in north Wales who have symptoms of coronavirus.

Mr Gething said staff from the NHS, police, fire and ambulance services; care homes and other critical staff will be tested at the centre and able to have a self-swab test without leaving their vehicles.

He added that a new drive-through testing centre for critical workers will be opened on the showground site in Carmarthen on Thursday.

"This will support other existing testing centres across west Wales, which are already providing tests for NHS staff and critical workers, including the police, fire and ambulance services, care homes workers and other local authority staff," he said.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething has paid tribute to the health and social care workers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking at the Welsh Government's daily press conference, Mr Gething said he had taken part in this morning's minute’s silence to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day to "honour all those who have died during the coronavirus pandemic but particularly those who have died while caring for others".

He said it was also a chance to pay respect to all the health and care workers throughout Wales who are caring for people.

Mr Gething said front-line workers were being asked to "go above and beyond to deliver care and services during these extraordinary times".

He said the Welsh Government had set up a "special scheme to provide financial support to the eligible beneficiaries of front-line staff, particularly those working in the NHS and social care, if they die in service as a result of being affected by coronavirus".

"A one-off sum of £60,000 will be available. That is additional too and not instead of any other pension agreements," Mr Gething added.

"This will never be able to fill the void left when someone dies. However I hope this will go some way to offer peace of mind and financial security for their loved ones."

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The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be "scrapped" if they cannot take place in 2021, says Games chief Yoshiro Mori.

Tokyo 2020 is now scheduled to run from 23 July to 8 August next year after being delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Health experts have cast doubt on whether the Games could be held next summer without a vaccine or effective drugs to treat Covid-19 being found.

When asked if the event could be moved again to 2022, Mori replied: "No."

"In that case, the Olympics will be scrapped," he added.

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Health Minister Vaughan Gething will give the Welsh Government's daily update on the coronavirus crisis at 12:30 BST.

You can watch the press conference live on BBC One Wales or by clicking the Coronavirus Daily Update video link above.

Patrols to deter illegal fishing in Wales are continuing through the coronavirus lockdown.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) staff are out and about this week, with the Welsh Government’s Sea Fisheries department and North Wales Police Rural Crime Team, to deter illegal fishing for seabass, trout and salmon in the Menai Strait.

NRW team leader Vanessa Lang said: “We remain determined to prevent illegal and reckless behaviour by a small minority that damage our native fish stocks and natural environment.

“Our staff are out on patrol so that criminals know we are still watching out for them and taking evidence that will be used where we suspect offences have occurred.”

People are encouraged to check that fish they buy locally - particularly through social media - are from a legitimate source.

Sarah Dickins
BBC Wales Economics Correspondent

Car giant Ford has set dates for its plants in mainland Europe to open in May but has not said when the engine plant in Bridgend will re-open, nor its factory at Dagenham in Essex .

The UK sites both supply the assembly plants on the continent.

Ford will start producing cars again from next week in Germany, Spain and Romania.

The Valencia engine plant will start a week later but there is no date yet for its sites in the UK, including Bridgend.

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The number of deaths involving coronavirus in Wales has passed a thousand, according to figures.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) registered 1,017 deaths by 17 April - higher than Public Health Wales figures for the same period.

That is because the ONS includes deaths at home, in care homes and in hospices, not just hospitals.

In the week to 17 April the total number of deaths across England and Wales topped 22,000 - the highest since records began in 1993.

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South Wales Police officers pause to remember the coronavirus victims who have served their communities.

Bedwas police officers were among the emergency service workers to fall silent at 11:00.

The Welsh Ambulance Service has paid tribute to colleagues and other key workers who have died with coronavirus.

First Minister Mark Drakeford and other Welsh ministers marked the minute's silence to remember key workers who have died during the pandemic.

Staff at Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen mark the minute's silence to commemorate the key workers who have died with coronavirus.

A minute's silence will be held across the UK to commemorate the key workers who have died with coronavirus.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who returned to work on Monday, will join the tribute, which starts at 11:00 BST.

More than 100 NHS and care staff have died with the virus, as have many transport and other key workers.

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An innovative system to speed-clean ambulances used to transport patients with coronavirus has been developed by scientists in less than two weeks.

Cleaning the vehicles by hand can take 45 minutes and is potentially dangerous to workers.

Now Swansea University researchers have developed a new system which could cut that to less than 20 minutes.

Chedly Tizaoui said the technology could be used to decontaminate hospitals and schools.

The new system, using rapid release gases to penetrate all areas of the vehicle, has been developed by researchers from the university's College of Engineering.

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A motorist who crashed in Bridgend has been arrested after being more than three times the legal drink driving limit during the coronavirus restrictions, police say.

South Wales Police said the 58-year-old, from Maesteg, crashed at the Pencoed roundabout, on the A463, at about 07:15 BST today.

A breath test at the station recorded 113 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.- more than three times the legal limit of 35, the force said.