Lesley Griffiths, MS for Wrexham
By Lesley Griffiths, MS for Wrexham The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in Wrexham and across the region continues to be the key issue for constituents at the current time. I am meeting with officials and communicating with the chair of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) on a regular basis. Wales, like all UK nations, receives a population-based share of the vaccine, which is the fairest and most equitable way of administering the jab as stocks increase. With supplies of both the Pfizer and Oxford vaccines now becoming more readily available, the Welsh Government detailed its Vaccination Plan at the beginning of last week.
WREXHAM remains the worst in Wales for its rate of coronavirus. The latest update from Wrexham Council on January 18 confirmed that Wrexham is still the highest in Wales for the rate per 100,000 population (792.2) and positivity (28.9% today) and second for new cases. However, the rate is lower than reported on January 14 (867.9) and positivity about the same (28.8%). Lawrence Isted, the council s Chief Officer Planning and Regulatory, said the key driver for the spread of the virus is the ‘UK’ variant, which now accounts for most, if not all, ofnew cases in North Wales. Hospital admissions for Covid-19 in North Wales were 147 for the week up to January 10, which are the highest they have ever been during the pandemic.
weekly data for Wrexham as a whole compared to other councils in North Wales
Table 2 – the summary of daily data for the 18 ‘MSOA’ statistical sub-areas of Wrexham used by Public Health Wales
The County Borough as a Whole (Table 1) (
NB – the data for week ending 10
th January are tentative and will not be finalised until next week).
Wrexham remains worst in Wales for the rate per 100,000 population (
867.9 today) and positivity (
28.8% today), but this is similar to that reported on Friday (851.7 and 29.3%) and slightly better than a few days ago. We can only hope that the virus has peaked, be redouble our efforts to ensure that it does not rise again. There have never been more tests undertaken in North Wales than in the week ending 10
COVID-19: Vaccine. Health chiefs remain adamant that all care home residents will be vaccinated by the end of the month despite concerns over supply in parts of the north west. According to politicians in Gwynedd, some care homes have still not received the vaccine despite their elderly residents being listed by the Welsh Government as top priority for inoculation. “They have had several months to prepare and plan for this, so one would hope their systems were sufficiently robust to accommodate some teething problems,” said Mabon ap Gwynfor, a Denbighshire county councillor and prospective Plaid Cymru candidate for Dwyfor Meirionnydd.
Location of every vaccination centre in North Wales revealed - but it comes with this warning
The Welsh Government is refusing to confirm the exact locations of centres - but the North Wales health board has disclosed its sites
12:40, 13 JAN 2021
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