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Children and young people to be removed from shielding list.
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 vulnerable in relation to Covid-19, the Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan, has announced.

Welsh Government response to latest NHS Wales performance data.
Welsh Government statement on the latest NHS Wales Performance and Activity Data published today (Thursday 19 August)

£551m extra Covid funding for health and social services
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.

No One Left Behind as Health Boards work to vaccinate all over-16s
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 will have received their offer of a Covid vaccine by the end of this week.

Innovative new services preventing mental health crisis
Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle, has today seen first-hand how funding to improve support for people presenting in mental health crisis is making a difference.

Wales moves to alert level zero
First Minister Mark Drakeford will urge everyone to continue to help prevent the spread of coronavirus as he confirms Wales will move to the new alert level zero on Saturday [August 7].

‘Getting your flu jab and Covid booster is so important this autumn,’ urges Health Minister Eluned Morgan as flu vaccination programme expanded
Wales is set to see its largest ever flu vaccination programme this autumn, with the jab being offered to all those aged over 50 and all secondary school children.

Changes to self-isolation for fully-vaccinated adults
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, the First Minister confirmed today.

Vaccination saves lives: new toolkit to help employers encourage employees get Covid-19 vaccine
The Welsh Government is encouraging employers to do all they can to support their workforce to get vaccinated.

£250K for early years speech, language and communication support
Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has announced an additional £250,000 to support children’s speech, language and communication needs.

Care home visit restrictions eased as social care recovery plan launched
Visits from friends and family to care home residents are more important now than ever, the Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan announced whilst speaking to care home residents at Cardiff care home Ty Enfys.

A statement from the Health Minister following the JCVI announcement on vaccinating Children & Young People
Today, I want to provide an update on the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) latest advice for the COVID-19 Vaccination programme and on self-isolation.