4. Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Coronavirus (COVID-2019) update

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:09 pm on 3 March 2020.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 3:09, 3 March 2020

I have three key areas I'd like to briefly touch on, and then a series of questions. First of all, Minister, I'd like to thank you very much for all the communication with me, the telephone calls, and the meetings that you have afforded all of the opposition parties to keep us in the loop, both from yourself and the First Minister. Secondly, I would like to thank the staff in the NHS in Wales, and of course the chief medical officer, for understanding that, in the very busy lives that they already have, they're now having to go on to yet another degree and prepare for anything that may or may not happen. Thirdly, I would like to urge all of us to have responsibility and proportionality. Because, to be frank, a worse contagion is fear. I think we need to be sensible. We need to 'Catch it, bin it and kill it.' I think they're going to be the watchwords for all of us.