Pages tagged "coronavirus"

First Minister confirms to Plaid Leader Adam Price that Roche WAS company behind collapsed Covid-19 testing deal

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.

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Welsh Government "must do more" to protect tenants

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.

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Plaid Leader Adam Price calls for honesty from Welsh Government amid collapsed deal mystery

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.

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Give free laptops to children now learning from home

Plaid Cymru call for free laptops and internet access to children now learning from home due to Coronavirus school closures

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'Openness, urgency and solidarity will be essential in the months ahead' - Adam Price

This is my fifth day of self-isolation. Distance gives you time to reflect and develop a different perspective away from the usual cut and thrust of politics. 

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'Fast track medical students' to deal with Coronavirus NHS pressures says Plaid Leader Adam Price

Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price has said final year medical students should be ‘fast tracked’ through their courses so they can work on the frontline in hospitals to fight the Coronavirus outbreak.

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Welsh Government must confirm when our schools are going to close

Plaid Cymru Shadow Education Minister for Education Sian Gwenllian AM has called for the Welsh Government to “urgently” clarify when schools will close in light of the Coronavirus outbreak.

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Plaid Cymru leader calls for Welsh Government to "step up" social distancing measures

Call to postpone “Six Nations” and mass gatherings Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price has called for the UK and Welsh Government to “step up” measures to contain and delay the spread of the Coronavirus.

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Plaid urge Welsh Government rethink to ramp up Coronavirus testing

Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price and Health spokesperson Rhun ap Iorwerth AM have today called on the Labour Welsh Government to clarify whether or not they will be ramping up surveillance testing in Wales as a means of creating a fuller picture of the extent of the Coronavirus outbreak.

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