Covid-19: Wales to go into 'firebreak' lockdown from Friday - BBC News

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Wales' FM Mark Drakeford announces extra economic resilience fund of 'almost £300m' including automatic one-off payments of up to £5,000 for small and medium-sized retail, leisure and hospitality businesses forced to close during the 'firebreak' lockdown

Saeb Erekat is the Palestinians’ chief negotiator in peace talks with IsraelSenior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat is in a critical condition with Covid-19 and has been placed on a ventilator, the Israeli hospital treating him has said.

On Sunday, the 65-year-old was rushed to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem from his home in Jericho, in the occupied West Bank, after suffering respiratory problems. His condition was described as “serious” but “stable” and he was given oxygen. “Mr Erekat had a quiet night but this morning his condition deteriorated and it is now defined as critical," the hospital said in a statement on Monday.Treating Mr Erekat was a “huge challenge”, the hospital said, because he received a lung transplant three years ago and had a “weakened immune system and bacterial infection, in addition to coronavirus”.

 

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JonesyFay Great interview with BBCSimonMcCoy Fay. For a week media endlessly talked up circuit breakers with zero evidence it will work. Why David Navarro WHO stated govt tiers with local action is the right ‘middle way’. MattHancock CMO_England afneil ajcdeane matthewsyed

BBCPolitics Labour strategy leaked Kate Green 'don’t let a good crisis go to waste' hopefully might make your political games that causing excess deaths and pressure on the NHS stop. You are responsible and cannot blame anyone but yourselves. If you worked with Government you could prevent.

He also said, it’s okay, Covid has agreed to wait until Friday before its infects anybody else!

What’s with the stupid names ‘Firebreak’! It’s a lockdown in all but name.

BBCPolitics Where is he getting the money from for his 'extra economic resilience fund'?

Are these OTT draconian measures just about protecting the NHS?What about everything else like our livelihood, freedom, welfare, mental health, a future?! talkRADIO iancollinsuk danwootton

Good decision to delay the closure of pubs until Friday. Plenty of opportunities for a drink between now and then. Rightly or wrongly after that travelling to England will be an option for some to visit a pub.

Nobody should validate that ridiculous term. Sovietesque lockdown and obliteration of ancient liberties with no end in sight.

Let's see if this stays at 2 weeks and what they will do once it's over and cases go up. Back to lockdown again?

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bbcyourquestions how does this impact divorced parents sharing custody of children across the border and for half term I am suffering from the lack of certainty! My ex is supposed to visit us from Wales to Tier 1 area to help with half term. What can we do?

Full lockdown, i.e. all schools & all years, required for an effective 'fire break' surely fmwales?!

Where is the evidence that lockdowns work ? There is evidence they don't work.

Great shout Drippy, can't be having an economy, especially when times are tough.

More half measures! Wouldn’t shut the schools for 1 week to see some real impact. Absolutely pointless waste of £300million. Drakeford is useless!

Last 'firebreak' lockdown worked really well didn't it? Not! Will achieve precisely nothing except make life harder for people. Unfortunately the 'fire' will just spark up again immediately. So unintelligent it beggars belief casedemic

Leaders, agree to lock down your communities and we will give you millions?🤔

Can't buy me love . So Wales MarkDrakeford LooseWomen AndyBurnhamGM

Who’s paying for this lockdown drakeford?

The First Minister of Wales has announced a 17-day firebreak lockdown. Is the introduction of a waleslockdown warranted?

Either shut down or don't shut down, the virus isn't staying at home just because it's remembrance Sunday 🤦

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Great initiative, which lets face it BorisJohnson doesn't have the balls for, but Remembrance Sunday....? The day we remember those who have passed on by contributing ourselves.... Wonder what they would have said !

Clueless

I wonder which taxpayers of what country will be paying for that?

That's good because I think this year celebrating the death of someone who tried to kill the MP'S in the HOP wouldn't be a good thing

Which Welsh Government assets are the Welsh Labour Party selling off to raise £300m in payments? Or is it simply a case of the Welsh Labour Party expecting England to fund their policy? Why won’t Mark Drakeford call the ‘firebreak’ a lockdown when that is what it is?

This guy is incompetent and is destroying Wales.

Ffs

Fuming. Absolutely pathetic. The kids in schools should the ones doing gcse and a levels. It’s is going to achieve nothing. Just a short delay. Ashamed of this country and ridiculous measures.

You need to talk about Nigeria because this leaders kill us off. They're killing the people protesting and the country which colonize us is not turning up about this, don't believe whatever the leaders tell or told you, carry out your investigation team and see the truth tourself

What a joke....

A one off payment of £5,000 is nothing, this is just rubbing salt into the wounds If you think 2020 was bad the economic devastation caused by this unscientific and malicious lockdown policy is going to make it look pleasant by comparison in 2021

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Wow. I’m simply amazed at the flow of free money. It looks like a forest of magic money trees has been discovered.

The virus will return on the 9th November to start the whole cycle again. At this rate Wales will have another lockdown around Xmas. Don’t think my welsh pals will be happy with that.

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Fire break 🤷🏻‍♂️ some muzzled the Welsh dragon have they ?

RIP wales

He’s psychologically, physically and financially abusing the people of Wales. Just as we have all been abused by our own respective governments. They’re power mad criminals pure and simple, there is no excuse, or reasoning behind it. But still it goes on.

In TWO weeks so all's ok till then - right🤔 Certainly TWAT of the day

Lockdowns kill

Fireworks should not be sold this year anywhere in the UK. This would remove temptation.

What a set of tools. You can’t meet up you can’t go to the pub you can’t eat out you can’t enjoy your half term but don’t worry about gathering together for Remembrance Sunday covid doesn’t strike on a Sunday morning

Bella___Trixxx Playing politics, you can guarantee if BorisJohnson had suggested a National lockdown UKLabour would have opposed it. Don’t expect us English taxpayers to fund the devastation you will cause to the Welsh economy MarkDrakeford

What an idiot

Any cost will, I hope, be born by the devolved administration? No handouts will be expected from Westminster for a policy it hasn't sanctioned?

5 grand all in a days take for some small to medium companies.

Shut downs don’t work!!! This is government control!!!

This is just for two weeks ? How will they find the whole of the winter period ? Bankruptcy here we come

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