Covid outbreak at Ysbyty Gwynedd cancels surgery

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Some schools in the area have also delayed reopening as north Wales case rates remain high.

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The "majority" of planned operations will be cancelled at the hospital for two weeks, with a few exceptions such as some day cases, maternity and paediatrics.Alyson Constantine, the hospital's acute care site director, said: "This decision has been made to enable us to provide extra capacity on site due to the number of people being treated for Covid-19 infection at the hospital.

This week, Gwynedd Council said three schools in Bangor would be delaying their foundation age school return, which began from Monday, "due to the increase in Covid-19 cases at Ysbyty Gwynedd".Gwynedd currently has a case rate of 80.3 cases per 100,000. Some of its neighbouring local authorities have the highest case rates in Wales, such as Flintshire (97.4) and Anglesey (101.4).

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