COVID-19 Rules

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:44 pm on 6 October 2020.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:44, 6 October 2020

Well, I've no doubt, Llywydd, that they will understand better than the Member why those restrictions are necessary. On the Welsh side of the north-east Wales border, the rates of coronavirus are still below 100 per 100,000 in the population. In Manchester, today, they are reporting over 500 per 100,000 of the population. And people who work in the health service will undoubtedly understand why it is not sensible for people from very high coronavirus areas to be able to travel to and mix with people who live in areas where the virus is not in such vivid circulation. Those members of the health service will also know, even if the Member doesn't, that the impact of coronavirus at community level is now being felt in our hospitals as well. In the last week, we had 453 beds in our NHS occupied by people with suspected or confirmed coronavirus; two weeks ago, that was 203. Now, if the Member does not understand the need to take action and to take action now to prevent the impact on our NHS returning to where it once was earlier in the year, then I can assure him that people who work in the health service understand that very well.