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Tag: coronavirus

Health board reintroduces face mask rules for hospital staff and visitors

Friday, June 24, 2022Friday, June 24, 2022

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show one in 45 people in Wales currently have Covid.

Free lateral flow tests to be made available until end of July

Friday, June 24, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Lateral flow tests will now continue to be available free of charge to people showing Covid symptoms until July 31.

The biggest challenge is “to keep our doors open”

Thursday, June 23, 2022Thursday, June 23, 2022

Katherine Hughes, secretary of Caerphilly Miners’ Centre, has spoken about the impact of the cost of living crisis and appealed for new trustees.

Church celebrates 100th anniversary of first service

Thursday, June 16, 2022Thursday, June 16, 2022

One hundred years ago, the first service was held at a makeshift wooden chapel on Gelligaer Road, Cefn Hengoed, where Bethel Baptist Church now stands.

All remaining Covid measures to be scrapped

Friday, May 27, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

All remaining Covid measures in Wales are set to be scrapped from next week, First Minister Mark Drakeford is expected to announce today.

Abercarn Scouts celebrate first in-person award ceremony since pandemic

Friday, May 20, 2022Friday, May 20, 2022

Abercarn Scouts celebrated their first face-to-face annual awards ceremony since Covid, with nine top honours handed out.

Face masks will still be needed in health and care settings

Thursday, May 5, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Face masks will still legally need to be worn in all health and care settings in Wales, such as hospitals, care homes and GP surgeries.

Face mask requirement to be scrapped in schools

Tuesday, May 3, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Currently, staff and pupils in secondary schools are required to wear face masks in communal areas and when moving around the school.

Peredur Owen Griffiths MS: ‘Cost-of-living crisis a common issue on the doorstep’

Friday, April 22, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

South Wales East Senedd Member Peredur Owen Griffiths talks about the cost-of-living crisis in his latest blog for Caerphilly Observer.

MP asks if Prime Minister is prepared to take “truth detection test”

Wednesday, April 20, 2022Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Wayne David MP has asked Prime Minister Boris Johnson whether he would be prepared to take a “truth detection test” before every statement.

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