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Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, has approved £650,000 funding for a new system to allow GPs, paramedics and other healthcare professionals to get immediate specialist advice when reviewing and treating patients.

• After nearly eight weeks of lockdown, the Welsh Government sets out its proposals for the next steps;
• Red, Amber, Green traffic light system to be used to ease lockdown restrictions;
• Exiting lockdown restrictions will be guided by the science.

The Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language, Eluned Morgan, has outlined the work the Welsh Government’s network of international offices is doing in supporting Welsh people, including those overseas, through the coronavirus outbreak.

Three small Welsh manufacturing businesses are joining the fight against coronavirus by producing scrubs for Wales’ healthcare heroes, Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport Lee Waters has announced.

Ramadan underpins Islam’s core values of prayer and philanthropy, of feeding the poor and needy and offering support to others.

• Free support and advice scheme extended to 60,000 NHS Wales staff tackling coronavirus pandemic.
• More than 2,000 former health and social care professionals return to the frontline to help deal with COVID-19.

The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford gave blood in Cardiff City Hall today, to help keep NHS blood banks well stocked during the coronavirus pandemic.

A new grant to support fishing businesses during the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic has today been announced by the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths.

Wales is playing a leading role in the UK programme for treating coronavirus patients using a blood donation extract taken from people who have recovered from COVID19 - ‘convalescent plasma’.

 First Minister & NHS Wales call on public to download app and log symptoms

I wish to outline steps I have taken to enhance the arrangements in Wales for protecting our front line health and social care staff who are caring for suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients. 

The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton, has confirmed that four further patients in Wales have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID -19).