Reacting to the announcement today (August 18) outlining a “Covid Control Plan” for Wales, the Shadow Health Minister – Andrew RT Davies MS – said:
“It may be an uncomfortable fact, but Covid is here for the foreseeable future, and so plans must be drawn up and implemented to deal with it, and return life here to as normal as possible.
“To allow this, then a targeted approach – including, if necessary, local lockdowns – is the way forward.
“Anything else, any further blanket lockdown, will again have a damaging effect on our economy, on our young people’s education, and – critically – on the health of our nation. After all, we’re already facing the ticking time bomb of missed diagnoses or failures to start treatment for cancer and heart disease.
“All efforts must be channelled now at avoiding another national lockdown, and planning for the winter pressures NHS Wales faces annually while dealing with the backlog, and securing an economic recovery from the first lockdown.”