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The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, is giving the last of the daily coronavirus press conferences in Wales. From next week the daily press conference will be replaced with a weekly one each Tuesday.
He marked the event by looking back on the crisis. Drakeford said: “A great many sad things have happened here in Wales. Livelihoods and businesses have been lost children’s education has been affected families have been unable to see loved ones and more than 2400 people have died from coronavirus in Wales alone.”
The worst of those fears we had at the start of the crisis, those worst fears have been averted … In the last week we’ve had several days, when there have been no new reported deaths at all.”
While coronavirus is and has been in retreat in Wales, that crisis is not over.
”The worst of those fears we had at the start of the crisis, those worst fears have been averted.”
First Minister Mark Drakeford says because people followed lockdown rules the early predictions of the potential impact of the pandemic have been avoided https://t.co/4SifiXva6E pic.twitter.com/L9BggK9NPI
Boris Johnson has set out the next steps for England’s coronavirus response, unveiling measures that will allow ministers to shut down entire sectors in areas or issue local stay-at-home orders.
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