Search

06 Sept 2025

Welsh First Minister to publish country’s long-term Covid plan

Welsh First Minister to publish country’s long-term Covid plan

The Welsh First Minister will on Friday publish the country’s long-term plan for dealing with Covid-19.

Mark Drakeford is expected to announce that Wales will remain at alert level zero for the next three weeks.

However, all legal measures could be removed from March 28, following a review on March 24, if the public health situation remains stable, according to the Welsh Government.

A battery of measures Mr Drakeford is to announce include booster vaccinations for the elderly and most vulnerable in spring and a Covid-19 vaccine programme in the autumn.

A “Test, Trace, Protect” programme aimed at protecting vulnerable people is to replace universal and routine testing and the requirement to self-isolate is also planned.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.