Covid inquiry: Drakeford likens Johnson to absent football manager
The outgoing first minister criticised the former prime minister’s leadership during the pandemic. Source link
The outgoing first minister criticised the former prime minister’s leadership during the pandemic. Source link
Miles is grilled about the controversial “stay local” guidance which came in to replace “stay at home” messaging as infections eased in May 2020. The inquiry hears the Welsh government felt “it was not possible to legislate to define local, as it would mean different things in different parts of Wales”, for example in rural … Read more
Gething is asked about local lockdowns – which began in Caerphilly in early September 2020, following local rises in infections. He says they led to an immediate impact “but didn’t mark a decisive turning back”. Most of country ended up in a local lockdown at some stage. “It was the right thing to try to … Read more
They say they are disabled after catching Covid at work, with no protection from employers. Source link
The inquiry is shown a briefing that PHW prepared on 11 March making the case for the Welsh government to declare a major incident. It outlined predictions that Wales would see 1.5 million symptomatic cases, 200,000 requiring hospital admission, an estimated 18,000 needing mechanical ventilation and 25,000 predicted deaths. The briefing also said that a … Read more
Researchers have written up the unusual case in a medical journal. Source link
As the manager of two care homes in Wrexham, Gaynor Jones felt her sector was “thrown under a bus by the government” because the advice was unworkable. “For example, you cannot isolate people with dementia, they’re just not safe. And staying six feet away from someone you’re delivering personal care to is impossible,” she said. … Read more
Senior politicians from the Scottish and UK governments gave evidence on the inquiry’s third and final week in Edinburgh. Source link