6. Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:26 pm on 12 October 2021.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 5:26, 12 October 2021

Diolch yn fawr, Huw. Thank you for recognising that, because of the COVID passes, we are hopefully able to keep some of those venues open that may otherwise have faced closure. Certainly what we are very pleased to see is that, actually, there has been a considerable amount of social and behavioural science associated with our whole approach here. We have comprehensive research that has been done into what it is that nudges people into behaving in a different way.

We have a really active campaign that has been ongoing for a number of weeks now, 'Help Us Help You', trying to help people to direct them to the right places for support, in particular if they are ill, but also to make sure that they look after themselves this winter. We can all eat better. We can all get fitter. I think that it is really important that we understand our responsibilities in this as well. Also, we have a 'Keep Wales safe this winter' campaign. So, it's really important that people engage with that. When people are getting their booster vaccinations, I'm hoping that they will also be given some advice in terms of public health and how to protect themselves this winter.