Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:43 pm on 6 October 2020.
I live in the largest population crossing a national boundary in the UK, with close relatives nearby on both sides of our invisible border. In this context, what penalties for breaking COVID-19 rules do you believe should apply were an anaesthetic junior doctor at Ysbyty Gland Clwyd to meet his fiancé, undertaking a clinical fellowship at Christie hospital in Manchester, when each has to live locally to these hospitals, each has been at the front line of the coronavirus pandemic since its beginning here, which led both to contract COVID-19 in the course of their work, each has worked additional hours without additional pay, and each lives alone. They persevered with physical and mental exhaustion by supporting each other. However, your latest announcement on lockdown restrictions in north-east Wales means that their primary outlet of support is now illegal because they can't visit each other.