Summary

  • Public Health Wales has announced an additional 9 deaths of people with coronavirus in Wales, bringing the total to 1,099

  • PHW has confirmed an additional 118 cases, bringing the Welsh total to 11,121

  • The lockdown in Wales will continue, but with some changes from Monday

  • More exercise will be permitted, and some garden centres will be able to reopen

  • The first minister has acknowledged that extending the lockdown is damaging people's sense of mental well-being.

  • Mr Drakeford said only small steps could be taken to keep the reproduction rate of the virus down

  1. ‘I’m feeling ill, do I have coronavirus?’published at 13:37 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    The BBC’s Laura Foster explains how you can recognise the symptoms of coronavirus.

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    How do I know if I have coronavirus?

  2. The false vaccine rumours seen by millionspublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Reality Check

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    Jack Goodman from the BBC's Reality Check team has put together a round-up of claims that have been debunked this week.

    It includes rumours about mandatory coronavirus vaccines and patents.

  3. Here's your lunchtime briefingpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Good afternoon.Here are your latest headlines.

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    Children of Wattsville have painted signs to show thanks for the work of the NHS

  4. Coronavirus: Tracking the global outbreakpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

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    Key maps and charts explaining how the respiratory virus has spread around the world and how it is being dealt with.

    Covid map: Where are cases the highest?

    Key maps and charts explaining how the virus has spread around the world.

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  5. Rod Stewart's message to Barry nursepublished at 12:52 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    A student nurse from Barry who spent weeks in a coma after contracting coronavirus has posted an update on her Facebook page.

    Natasha Jenkins, 35, told the BBC there were tears of joy when she finally went home and saw her children after spending 22 days on a ventilator.

    She says she has received a signed photo from Rod Stewart and suggests the Maggie May singer has also sent her a very generous gift.

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  6. Long queues at KFCpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Police are asking whether going to a KFC is "really a necessity" as there long queues outside aone drive-through in Merthyr Tydfil.

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  7. Rail season ticket deadline is Mondaypublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Have you not yet got a refund for your train season ticket?

    Well, if your commute is now only downstairs and you're not using the train during the coronavirus outbreak - you can get a refund.

    But Monday is the deadline for season tickets up until 17 March, according to National Rail.

    It said it has issued more season ticket refunds since lockdown began than in all of 2019.

    Transport for Wales has also published guidance, external on its refund policy for tickets which has been extend to 56 days.

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  8. 'Cynical and petty' - criticism after dairy farmer announcementpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Plaid Cymru have criticised the rural affairs minister for not telling them before she announced a Welsh Government support package for the dairy farmers hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

    Lesley Griffiths announced earlier that eligible dairy farmers who have lost more than 25% of their April and May income will be entitled to up to £10,000, to cover 70% of their lost income.

    But Plaid's rural affairs spokesman Llyr Gruffydd tweeted: "Those of us who are there to scrutinise her are the last to be informed. Cynical and petty."

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  9. Farming support package 'better late than never'published at 11:54 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    The Welsh Conservatives have called for more detail on the financial support package announced for dairy farmers in Wales worst affected by the coronavirus crisis.

    The Welsh Government has announced eligible dairy farmers who have lost more than 25% of their April and May income will be entitled to up to £10,000, to cover 70% of their lost income.

    “It’s better late than never," said Conservative rural affairs spokesman Andrew RT Davies.

    “However, the announcement is lacking any real detail. Who, for example, will be an ‘eligible farmer’? This is the kind of detail needed to reassure our hardworking farmers, who manage one of the key industry sectors in Wales."

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  10. 'Overnight loss has affected many Welsh dairy farmers'published at 11:42 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Farming union NFU Cymru has welcomed a help package for Welsh dairy farmers who have been hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

    The Welsh Government has announced eligible dairy farmers who have lost more than 25% of their April and May income will be entitled to up to £10,000, to cover 70% of their lost income.

    “The overnight loss of the food service market as a result of Covid-19 has affected many Welsh dairy farmers," said NFU Cymru Deputy President Aled Jones.

    "It is causing severe financial hardship to producers supplying processors who have been most impacted by the closure of cafes, restaurants, pubs and hospitality venues."

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  11. Police patrols identify non-essential journeyspublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Police officers are conducting extra checks this Bank Holiday weekend - and North Wales Police have reported three people in Betws-y-Coed for breaking coronavirus regulations.

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    Meanwhile, police in Pembrokeshire posted this update about a car they'd spotted.

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  12. 'There is no excuse'published at 11:22 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Wales' chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton has reiterated the stay at home message.

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  13. Young men 'more likely to ignore lockdown'published at 11:09 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

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    Young men are more likely than young women to break lockdown rules, psychologists suggest.

    A team from the University of Sheffield and Ulster University questioned just under 2,000 13-24 year olds., external

    Half of the men aged 19-24 had met friends or family members they did not live with during lockdown, compared to 25% of women.

  14. Security guard 'not the norm' for garden centrepublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    A garden centre owner said she was using a security guard to ensure customers trolleys are sanitised and that they follow lockdown restrictions.

    Wales sees changes in lockdown restrictions from Monday with some garden centres allowed to reopen.

    Jayne James told BBC Radio Wales: “We're not really going to change anything because, ultimately, we are still under lockdown in Wales so we can't suddenly allow everyone to mass around the garden centre.”

    Ms Jones said: “We could have stayed open through this with the pet shop, but what we did was close and then looked at how we can safely reopen with safe distancing, two metre rules, and we've got a security guard as you enter who will sanitise your trolley so it's not the norm for a garden centre's operation but it has been safe for us.”

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  15. Eight things that have kept us going in lockdownpublished at 10:42 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

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    Coronavirus has forced people around the world to change the way they live their lives. In Britain we have been spending most of our time at home, attempting to educate our own children and leaving the house only for essential reasons.

    What has kept us going? Lucy Rodgers says there eight things British people have been doing to cope with life in lockdown:

    • Socialising virtually
    • Watching films and using streaming services
    • Spending more time with the people we live with - and helping neighbours
    • Exercising
    • Cooking, gardening and reading
    • Doing DIY and learning something new
    • Spending more on food and shopping locally
    • Spending more on home comforts
  16. 'A difficult time for everyone,' says Robbie Savagepublished at 10:28 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    "People need to stay at home" to help stop the spread of coronavirus, says former Wales footballer Robbie Savage.

    "The beautiful mountains, beaches abnd countryside of north Wales will still be here," says Savage, who comes from Wrexham.

    "There will be a warm welcome to you when things get back to normality."

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  17. Clarity needed on garden centre visits, says police chiefpublished at 10:19 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones said more clarity is needed to explain whether visiting a garden centre could be regarded as “essential travel”.

    He was referring to changes in lockdown restrictions in Wales which, from Monday, will see some garden centres allowed to reopen.

    “I was always under the impression that if you were going to travel you had to have a reasonable excuse to do so,” he told BBC Radio Wales.

    “It does seem a bit contradictory. Is it essential to go to a garden centre ?But, obviously, if they are opening them, then I would hope that Welsh Government when they issue guidelines about the changes to legislation, that they explain that to us,” said Mr Jones.

  18. 'Protect yourself, protect your loved ones, protect NHS staff'published at 10:10 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board has published a message to people living in the area it covers saying that Rhondda Cynon Taff currently has the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Wales and that cases are still on the rise in Merthyr Tydfil and Bridgend too.

    The board's message is simple, "please, please follow the guidelines and stay at home".

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  19. Welsh Government 'moving into community testing'published at 09:51 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    The Welsh Government is "working very hard" to increase coronavirus testing capacity, the first minister has said.

    Mark Drakeford said the next three weeks will be used to put a community testing regime in place.

    There is currently the capacity to do 2,350 tests a day in Wales.

    A leaked report by PHW suggested around 30,000 tests a day may be needed in a "track and trace" programme.

    it has since suggested the number of tests needed would be in the range of 7,500 to 17,000 daily tests but that 10,000 tests a day would be a "realistic requirement".

    Mark Drakeford said: "We are working with our public health organisation here in Wales to prepare for the day when we need that test trace isolate regime.

    "We are increasing the number of tests available every week here in Wales."

    He did not believe the final PHW report would include a 30,000 figure “because that was if absolutely everybody needed to be tested and there were no other aspects of a regime in place.

    "But there is a gap to be closed and we're working very hard to close it…

    "At the moment we just test key workers, people in care homes, people in hospitals, and we will be moving into community testing.

    "We'll be using the next three weeks to get that regime firmly in place."

  20. Tour hopes for Geraint Thomaspublished at 09:32 British Summer Time 9 May 2020

    Geraint Thomas, who won the Tour de France in 2018, is to return to France to train for this year's race which is now set to start on 29 August.

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