New research has revealed how members of minority ethnic groups in South Wales coped with challenges presented by the Covid pandemic.
People living in Swansea Bay are being asked to think twice before visiting family and friends in hospital if they are feeling under the weather themselves....
Research by psychologists from the School of Psychology at Swansea University found that people’s fear of COVID-19 has led to worsened mental health. The study, just...
Statistics published today show that over a million people in Wales have now received their COVID-19 booster vaccination this autumn. Public Health Wales’s weekly data, published...
A woman who once conquered the world’s tallest free-standing mountain was left struggling to walk her dog after being diagnosed with Long-Covid. When Helen Goldring suddenly...
Researchers in Swansea have made a breakthrough in understanding one of the most damaging consequences of Covid-19. They have confirmed significant findings in how the virus...
The roll-out of the autumn Covid-19 booster has started today (Thursday 1 September) in Wales with care home residents and staff across Wales the first to...
Eligible adults in Wales have begun to be invited for their COVID-19 autumn booster this week, with brand new Moderna Omicron jab being offered. The Welsh...
A Swansea academic at the forefront of shaping our understanding of Covid-19 has received further recognition for his work in the field of data science. Co-director...
Hywel Dda University Health Board have said that all staff and visitors to Prince Philip Hospital must wear face masks (unless exempt) with immediate effect following...
Partygate, a lack of media coverage and the perception that the virus is now milder could all affect future compliance with Covid guidance. New Swansea University...
All staff and visitors to Glangwili Hospital must wear face masks (unless exempt) with immediate effect due to the increasing prevalence of COVID-19 in the community,...
Welsh Health Minister, Eluned Morgan has confirmed that access to free LFD tests will be extended in Wales until July 31st 2022. Tests will be available...
First Minister Mark Drakeford today said Wales can look forward to a brighter future, as the last remaining coronavirus protections in law come to an end....
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...
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...
Young people in Llanybydder have built a bench as a memorial to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Carmarthenshire County Council’s Youth Support Service have been...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hywel Dda health board which runs health services in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion has said that they are temporarily suspending non-essential visiting to all of their...
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...
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...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has announced that Withybush Hospital is closing to all visitors with immediate effect due to increased cases of COVID-19 in the...
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...
The Welsh Government has confirmed it will merge the green and amber travel lists into one and remove the requirement for pre-departure testing for those fully...
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...
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...
The Welsh Government has announced an expansion to their flu vaccination programme this Autumn with all over 50s and all secondary school pupils to get the...
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...
FFP3 masks are thought to be up to a hundred percent effective at preventing infection with Covid-19 Plaid Cymru is calling for the Welsh Government to...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s mobile vaccination van is heading to Ammanford from Wednesday 28 to Saturday 31 July. The mobile vaccination clinic will be based...
A double-vaccinated paramedic who has been struck down by Covid-19 is urging others to remain vigilant against the virus. Mum-of-two Amanda Williams, of Swansea, tested positive...
Swansea Bay University Health Board’s (SBUHB) Liberty Stadium drive-through testing unit has transferred to a new home. The Swansea-based unit carried out more than 100,000 tests...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s mobile vaccination van, in partnership with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, will be located in two community locations in...
Three quarters of people in Wales have now had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan has announced....
Young adults in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are being warned about the risk of developing long Covid if they do not get vaccinated. Getting two...