The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a sixth COVID-19 vaccine, after the product by French pharmaceutical company Valneva was found to...
The legal requirement for businesses in Wales to undertake specific coronavirus risk assessments will end on Monday 18 April the Welsh Government has announced. First Minister...
A team of engineers from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) who developed a 3D-printed jet respiratory support system to help the NHS in...
A Neath man received custodial sentences totalling 24 months at Swansea Crown Court on Monday 28th March 2022, in connection with a fraudulent attempt to claim...
Could the length of a person’s fingers provide a clue to how ill they might get after contracting Covid-19? It is widely recognised that a longer...
The drive-through Mass Vaccination Centre (MVC) and community testing unit at the Showground in Carmarthen permanently closed on Wednesday 23 March 2022. The Showground MVC was the...
Wales will continue to gradually relax some of its remaining pandemic protections, First Minister Mark Drakeford will announce tomorrow. From Monday, face coverings will no longer...
Two years on from the first national lockdown we are in a far better position to understand, help prevent and treat Covid thanks to the outstanding...
Spring Covid-19 booster vaccinations are being rolled out in Wales from this week. The latest phase of the vaccination programme will see the over-75s, older care...
The announcement made today by UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP is designed to ease restrictions ahead of the Easter holidays. The Minister said on social...
First Minister Mark Drakeford will set out his Together for a Safer Future plan later today that outlines Wales’ longer-term plan to live safely with coronavirus....
The legal requirement to wear a face covering in many indoor public places has today come to an end. The change will mean people will no...
Former Swansea City and Wales International football manager John Toshack is in hospital after contracting COVID-19. Toshak (72) is said to be in a serious condition...
The health board’s Fabian Way drive-through Covid testing unit has moved to a new home in Port Talbot. The unit carried out around 94,000 tests, since...
The legal requirement to show a Covid Pass to enter certain venues and events in Wales has now been lifted by the Welsh Government, the Deputy...
Young people were the hardest hit as the second Covid-19 lockdown took its toll on the mental health and wellbeing of the Welsh population, new research...
The UK is an ‘international outlier’ in its approach to protecting children from Covid, argue experts in The BMJ today. Dr Simon Williams, a behavioural scientist at Swansea...
Wales will gradually begin to relax some of its remaining coronavirus protections as cases continue to fall, First Minister Mark Drakeford today announced. From 18 February...
The Welsh First Minister is self-isolating after receiving a positive COVID-19 test result. The news comes just a day before he was due to give his...
A programme to test wastewater for COVID-19 has been expanded to cover all Welsh health boards and local authorities across 48 sites. The Welsh Government, who...
People suffering with long Covid symptoms are benefiting from getting out in the great outdoors as part of their ongoing recovery. A new walking group sees...
Swansea Bay University Health Board have said their vaccination team ‘has undergone an amicable parting of the ways’ with The Orangery at Margam. After delivering more...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced that Wales will move fully into ‘Alert Level 0’ relaxing the restrictions introduced on Boxing Day as the Omnicron variant...
People who test positive for Covid-19 will be able to leave self-isolation after five full days if they have two negative lateral flow tests, Health Minister...
Wales will complete the move to alert level zero on 28 January, First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed today, unless the public health situation changes for the...
A plan to return Wales to alert level zero measures will today be set out by First Minister Mark Drakeford. The move comes as the latest...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed alert level 2 measures will stay in place in Wales following the outcome of the latest regulations review. The Welsh...
Welsh Health Secretary announces ‘reluctant’ relaxation of testing for international travellers, to bring Wales in-line with recently announced changes in England Eluned Morgan MS warned against...
98 personnel have been made available to support the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme in Wales. Armed Forces will be working to support the Department of Health...
A free shuttle bus service from Llanelli town centre to the mass vaccination centre in Dafen will begin on Monday 20 December to help people receive their...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced that he will set out a two-phase plan later today (17 December) to respond to the current delta variant and...
The owner of a Swansea independent cinema who refused to follow COVID rules has been given a 28 day suspended prison sentence and fined £15,000 at...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has said that all eligible adults in Wales will get an appointment for a booster vaccine by the end of December. He...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced plans to increase capacity for identifying the Omicron variant in Wales. Public Health Wales has introduced comprehensive testing for probable...
The Welsh Health Minister will later today confirm that all eligible adults will be offered the booster Covid-19 vaccination by the end of January. NHS Wales...
GoCompare Travel Insurance is warning those going for a winter break to keep abreast of the daily changes to travel restrictions and requirements so they don’t jeopardise...
The latest phase of the Welsh Government’s Keep Wales Safe campaign which aims to ‘disrupt the transmission’ of Covid-19 is launching today (Monday 6 December). Adverts...
A case of the Omicron variant of concern has been confirmed in Wales. The case is in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board area and...
Swansea Council have released a statement following a judge’s decision to shut an independent cinema that has refused to follow COVID safety rules. The cinema must...
Director of Public Health for Swansea Bay University Health Board, Dr Keith Reid has issued a statement urging people to follow the Welsh Government’s guidance on...
Swansea Council has condemned the actions of the owners of a city cinema which has refused to remain shut to address serious covid health concerns. Cinema...
The Welsh Government issued Swansea independent cinema and food outlet Cinema & Co with an order to close on public health grounds on Friday. Swansea Council...
The drive to deliver Covid booster vaccines across Swansea Bay as rapidly as possible has itself been boosted by community pharmacies. All 49 GP practices in...
Cinema owner, Anna Redfern failed to show at a Swansea Magistrates hearing this morning. The hearing was brought by Swansea Council after Redfern ignored a closure...
An anti-racism group has written an open letter to the owner of a Swansea independent cinema that refuses to follow Government COVID measures. The letter by...
Swansea Council’s licensing and trading standards officers issued a 28 day closure notice to independent cinema Cinema & Co last night (Thursday 18 November). The move...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has thanked people throughout Wales for their hard work to help reduce record-high coronavirus case rates over the last three weeks. He...
Cinema & Co on Swansea’s Castle Street is refusing to follow the Welsh Government’s new COVID pass law, claiming it is “nonsensical” and “unnecessary”. Cinema...
A high number of COVID-19 cases have been identified in the Amman Valley and St Clears areas of Carmarthenshire, and people are being urged to take...
The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has today received his Covid-19 booster vaccine at the Bayside Mass Vaccination Centre in Cardiff Bay. Speaking afterwards the...
Members of the Senedd have approved the extension of the NHS COVID pass to cinemas, theatres and concert halls in Wales. The first vote to introduce...
As health leaders call on the UK Government to implement Covid-19 contingency plans, and the Welsh First Minister threatens stricter measures unless infection rates decline, a...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced strengthened Alert Level Zero measures due to rising COVID infection figures – and warns of stricter measures to come unless...
Rugby supporters heading into Cardiff to watch Wales’ autumn internationals are being reminded they must wear a face covering on public transport. A capacity 74,500 crowd...
New collaborative research from Swansea University and the University of Aberdeen has identified potential protective effects in breast milk and amniotic fluid against SARS-CoV-2. Funded by...
Thousands of people have been enjoying an outdoor art exhibition as they attend the Swansea Bay Mass Vaccination Centre for their all-important Covid jabs. The Art...
Welsh Conservatives have repeated the call for a Wales-specific Covid-19 inquiry. On behalf of the Senedd Conservatives, Paul Davies MS challenged the First Minister over his...
Swansea Bay University Health Board say they are making it easier for older people to get their Covid-19 booster vaccinations with the use of converted shipping...
People aged 12 and over living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire with severely weakened immune systems at the time of their first and/or second COVID-19 vaccines...
People eligible for booster COVID-19 vaccinations and flu jabs are encouraged to take up the offer ahead of a challenging winter for NHS Wales, the Health...
People in Wales must show a Covid Pass or demonstrate their Covid status to enter nightclubs and attend large events from today (11th October). Businesses could be...
The First Minister, Mark Drakeford, will today (Friday 8 October) publish new plans to help keep Wales open and safe during the difficult autumn and winter...
Swansea City FC have confirmed that NHS COVID passes will be a legal requirement for supporters attending home games at the newly renamed Swansea.com Stadium –...
As 12 to 15-year-olds across Wales start to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations, the Welsh Health Minister today (4 October) confirmed they will all be offered a...
Almost as many children aged 15 and under have been in hospital with Covid-19 in Swansea Bay over the last three months than the whole of...
Two women explain life on the ‘virtual front line’ in the war against coronavirus in Swansea Bay Joanna Evans likes to run along Swansea Beach early...
Three mental health nurses from Cefn Coed Hospital have turned to poetry to process their emotions of working through the pandemic. Maria Anderton, Dawn Griffin and...
New research by a Swansea University expert has highlighted how torn members of the public are over the issue of Covid-19 booster vaccines and the flu...
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton is appealing to pregnant women to accept their COVID-19 vaccine when offered. This follows the rise in...
People will have to show a NHS COVID Pass to enter nightclubs and attend events in Wales from next month, the First Minister announced today. The...
Frontline NHS staff working in North Wales have become the first people in Wales to receive their Covid-19 booster vaccines, as the programme started in Wales...
Hywel Dda University Health Board is finalising its preparations to deliver the Autumn booster programme and offer 12–15-year-olds a coronavirus vaccine across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire....
A number of measures used to help keep pupils and staff safe at schools in the Swansea Bay area last term are to be retained. Due...
Residents living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire are being urged to check their vaccination card and come forward this week for their second Moderna vaccine if...
A wider choice of test providers will be available for people returning to Wales from overseas to book PCR tests from 21 September The change comes...
People who’ve not yet had their first Covid-19 vaccination are being urged to get the jab now to get ready for the countdown to Christmas season....
Rugby giants the Ospreys have backed a Swansea Bay campaign to get as many men as possible aged under 40 vaccinated in Swansea and Neath Port...
The more direct contacts primary school staff had with people outside their household, the greater the likelihood of Covid-19 cases in school and self-reported symptoms, such...
First Minister Mark Drakeford is urging people in Wales to get vaccinated and keep taking familiar steps to help address rising coronavirus cases. It comes as...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed that its COVID-19 mobile vaccination unit, in partnership with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, will be at Folly Farm...
People are being urged to take care when they are out socialising, as Covid cases are taking off again in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Confirmed...
The Welsh Government have announced a raft of measures that they are asking pupils and school staff to follow before the start of the new school...
Children and young people will be removed from the list of people who would be asked to shield and will no longer be considered clinically extremely...
Music lovers from Swansea and Neath Port Talbot who attended the recent 50,000-strong Boardmasters music festival in Cornwall are being urged to get tested for Covid-19...
Health Minister, Eluned Morgan, has welcomed more than half a billion pounds of new funding for health and social services in Wales to deal with Covid....
Health Minister Eluned Morgan encourages everyone to take up their offer of a Covid vaccine, with confirmation that all 16 and 17 year olds in Wales...
Welsh rap group, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, today released their latest track, designed to encourage people to get their COVID vaccine. The new single Get The Jab Done, which...
Transport for Wales and the British Transport Police are collaborating on a week of action across the Welsh rail network to remind customers face coverings must...
The Welsh Conservatives have called on Labour’s Health Minister to take action to drive down the price of COVID tests so Welsh families do not pay...
New research by a Swansea University expert has highlighted just how torn members of the public are over whether children should be offered Covid-19 vaccines. The...
Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford is set to announce that Wales will move into Alert Level Zero on Saturday (7 August). At alert level zero, all...
Following changes to the policy on self-isolation, the Welsh Government’s self-isolation support scheme will increase from £500 to £750. The increase in the payment, will come...
Neath Port Talbot Council have issued a ‘warn and inform’ message after their Test, Trace and Protect (TTP) service found 4 people who had very recently...
All adults who have been fully-vaccinated will no longer have to self-isolate if they are identified as close contacts of someone with coronavirus from 7 August,...
A fifth of adults under 40 in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot have still not had their first dose of a Covid vaccine. Director of Public...
Personalised rehabilitation programmes for patients with long Covid are to be developed as part of a new research project involving Swansea University health economists, which has...
To allow the Ffwrnes theatre to reopen as an entertainment venue, Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed that it is moving Llanelli’s mass vaccination centre...
