Pages tagged "coronavirus"

Welsh Government urged to adopt “early treatment” strategy of Covid-19 patients

Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price has today urged the Labour Welsh Government to ‘move quickly, and independently if needs be’ in adopting an early intervention approach in response to growing evidence it could improve outcomes for COVID-19 patients.

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Ben Lake MP “disappointed” after Agriculture Bill amendment on the standard of food and agricultural imports is rejected by the House of Commons

The UK’s new Agriculture Bill was put before MPs on Wednesday (13 May) for the final time as it reached the Report Stage and Third Reading.

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Welsh Government must show leadership for Welsh Universities

Plaid Cymru have called on the Welsh Government to show leadership and commit to a financial contingency fund for Welsh universities, after a report on the state of Welsh higher education showed that the sector is facing major challenges

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Police Commissioners call to increase fines for those breaking lockdown rules - and powers to evict people from second homes

Two police and crime commissioners have criticised First Minister Mark Drakeford for not increasing fines for those found breaking lockdown rules.

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EXPOSED: How the Labour Government left Welsh health and care workers without critical PPE pandemic stock for nearly THREE YEARS

The Labour Welsh Government's pandemic stockpile went without a crucial piece of PPE for THREE YEARS, Plaid Cymru has discovered. 

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Welsh Government pandemic stockpile didn’t contain any surgical gowns prior to Coronavirus crisis - contrary to what the Health Minister said

The Welsh Government’s pandemic stockpile didn’t contain any surgical gowns prior to the Coronavirus crisis hitting Wales it has been revealed – contrary to what Health Minister Vaughan Gething told the public two weeks ago.

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Give Carers and ALL Care Home Staff the £500 bonus

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“Absurd” that Welsh DWP workers must travel to England to get coronavirus test

The DWP has written to its staff in Wales to instruct them to drive to test centres in England if they exhibit COVID-19 symptoms.

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Plaid Cymru says quick delivery of Welsh Government testing and tracing plan key to easing restrictions

Plaid Cymru Shadow Health Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth MS has said the delivery of an effective and localised testing and tracing program will be “key” to easing lockdown restrictions. 

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Make sure furlough scheme is available for areas which may need to be in lockdown for longer

Liz Saville Roberts MP, Plaid Cymru’s Westminster Leader, has called for the Chancellor not to “turn the economic taps off” before Welsh public health experts agree that it is safe for people to return to work.

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