Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price has today argued that the Welsh Government should appoint a procurement tsar to get to grips with Wales's serious shortage of Covid-19 testing kits, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for frontline health and care staff and medical devices for patients.
Directors of Social Services in Welsh Councils have told the head of the Welsh NHS that a lack of personal protective equipment in the care sector is being made worse by the lack of testing.
The nature of our political system and culture means that parties vying for power are encouraged to clash rather than collaborate. But the coronavirus crisis has suspended our normal political culture. We need to work together, cross-party and cross-border if we are to meet the challenge of a global pandemic.
Older people and those classed as having underlying health problems should be reassured that they will be given medical treatment by the NHS, according to South Wales East AM Delyth Jewell.
Plaid Cymru politicians have warned that Welsh farmers face a "perfect storm" without urgent intervention by both UK and Welsh Governments.
Plaid Cymru Shadow Health Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth AM seeks ‘real assessment’ of coronavirus challenges
Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed in today’s ‘virtual’ Senedd plenary to Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price that Roche was the company behind the collapsed testing deal.
The Welsh Government needs to send a clear message that no tenant will be evicted until the coronavirus crisis is over, according to Plaid Cymru’s housing spokesperson Delyth Jewell AM.
Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price has called on the Welsh Government to be “honest” about why the agreement between themselves and an unnamed private supplier to provide an extra 5,000 Covid-19 tests a day had collapsed.
Farmers shouldn't pay the price for the Covid-19 pandemic, says Plaid Cymru's shadow rural affairs minister.