Wales' First Minister has said more than 2,000 healthcare staff in Wales are currently off work due to Coronavirus. Mark Drakeford warned Senedd colleagues that Covid is putting renewed pressure on NHS services.
It has been announced all NHS hospitals in Wales are insisting or at least "encouraging" people to wear face masks. Speaking in the Senedd, Mr Drakeford said there were rising case numbers. He said dentists had recently been told they could step back from some of the infection prevention control measures that had to be brought in due to the pandemic but that is now under review.
The latest ONS figures estimate one person in every 30 people in Wales has Covid-19. Cases of the omicron subtypes BA.4 and BA.5 have increased across the UK, with BA.5 now the dominant form of coronavirus across Wales.
