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A designated care home in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will be the first in Wales to receive the vaccine, with teams in additional Health Boards taking the vaccine to care homes later this week.  

  

The initial roll\-out of the vaccine to care home staff, health and social care workers and those aged 80 and over began on Tuesday 8th across the UK, based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Wales and other UK administrations are guided by these recommendations.  

  

There had been concerns about maintaining the stability of the Pfizer / BioNtech vaccine outside hospital vaccination centres as it usually needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees centigrade.  

  

The Welsh Government has discussed at length with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the vaccine’s manufacturer how to repackage and transport the vaccine without compromising the standards of safety and efficacy patients rightly expect. This meant that until now it had not been efficient to take the vaccine to care home residents.  

  

This will mean Health Boards can take the vaccine to settings with at least five residents, rather than using it only in static vaccination centres. It will take a number of days to train staff and ensure standard procedures are drawn up and validated.  

  

At first the vaccine will be issued to care homes in proximity to hospital pharmacies, but it is planned for the vaccine to be available in other settings in coming weeks, once learnings from the care home pilot has been captured.  

  

The effects of the vaccine may not be seen nationally for many months and the advice on keeping Wales safe remains the same for everyone; keep contacts with other people to a minimum, keep a 2 metre distance from others, wash hands regularly, wear a face covering where required and avoid touching surfaces others have touched, wherever possible.  

  

The Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, said:


“Following Wales' successful roll\-out of the first COVID vaccine last week, we are starting the care home resident phase of the programme carefully; however we need to continue to make sure we can safely transport the vaccine to people who can’t come to clinics.  

  

“If all goes well this week, we will start the roll out of vaccinations ahead of Christmas, bringing a new level of protection to some of our most vulnerable people.  

  

“Our NHS staff have done a fantastic job to get this first vaccine out in a safe and timely manner. I’m extremely grateful for their hard work on this and across the course of the pandemic.”  

  

Dr Gill Richardson, Chair of Wales’ COVID\-19 Vaccine Programme, said:



> “The delivery of a COVID\-19 vaccine to care home staff and residents has always been a priority for the Welsh Government. We have been working for months to meet the challenges of distribution and believe we have a feasible solution which we will deploy at pilot sites from Wednesday. Care home staff have been offered immunisation at Health Board centres whilst awaiting the mobile model to commence.”  
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> “We are now very confident NHS hospitals can safely repackage and transport vaccine to care home without compromising its stability.”


As further supplies become available and additional vaccines receive MHRA approval, a staged approach will see other groups be offered the vaccine, based on risk of serious complications and deaths.  

  

People are urged to wait to be invited, which will happen through NHS systems. Please do not ask your pharmacist or GP.







Translation:


 
Cartref gofal penodol ym Mwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr fydd y cyntaf yng Nghymru i dderbyn y brechlyn, a bydd timau mewn Byrddau Iechyd eraill yn mynd â'r brechlyn i gartrefi gofal yn ddiweddarach yr wythnos hon.  

  

Dechreuodd y broses gychwynnol o gyflwyno'r brechlyn i staff cartrefi gofal, gweithwyr iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol a phobl 80 oed a throsodd ddydd Mawrth 8 Rhagfyr ledled y DU, yn seiliedig ar gyngor gan y Cyd\-bwyllgor ar Frechu ac Imiwneiddio (JCVI). Mae gwaith Llywodraeth Cymru a gweinyddiaethau eraill y DU yn cael ei lywio gan yr argymhellion hyn.  

  

Bu pryderon ynghylch cynnal sefydlogrwydd brechlyn Pfizer/BioNtech y tu allan i ganolfannau brechu mewn ysbytai gan fod angen ei storio fel arfer ar minws 70 gradd canradd.  

  

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi trafod yn helaeth gyda'r Asiantaeth Rheoleiddio Meddyginiaethau a Chynhyrchion Gofal Iechyd (MHRA) a gwneuthurwr y brechlyn sut y gellir ailbecynnu a chludo'r brechlyn heb beryglu'r safonau diogelwch ac effeithiolrwydd y mae gan gleifion hawl i’w disgwyl. Roedd hyn yn golygu na fu’n  effeithlon hyd yma i fynd â'r brechlyn i breswylwyr cartrefi gofal.  

  

Bydd hyn yn golygu y gall Byrddau Iechyd fynd â'r brechlyn i leoliadau ag o leiaf bum preswylydd, yn hytrach na'i ddefnyddio mewn canolfannau brechu sefydlog yn unig. Bydd yn cymryd sawl siwrnod i hyfforddi staff ac i sicrhau bod gweithdrefnau safonol yn cael eu llunio a'u dilysu.  

  

Ar y dechrau bydd y brechlyn yn cael ei roi i gartrefi gofal sy’n agos at fferyllfeydd ysbytai, ond bwriedir iddo fod ar gael mewn lleoliadau eraill yn yr wythnosau nesaf, unwaith y bydd gwybodaeth yn deillio o’r cynllun peilot mewn cartrefi gofal ar gael.  

  

Efallai na fydd effeithiau'r brechlyn yn cael eu gweld yn genedlaethol am fisoedd lawer ac mae'r cyngor ar gadw Cymru'n ddiogel yn aros yr un fath i bawb: cyfyngu cymaint â phosibl ar eich cysylltiad â phobl eraill, cadw pellter o 2 fetr oddi wrth bobl eraill, golchi’ch ddwylo'n aml, gwisgo gorchudd wyneb lle bo angen ac osgoi cyffwrdd ag arwynebau y mae eraill wedi cyffwrdd â nhw, lle bynnag y bo modd.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog Iechyd, Vaughan Gething:



> "Ar ôl i Gymru gyflwyno'r brechlyn COVID cyntaf yn llwyddiannus yr wythnos diwethaf, rydym yn dechrau’n ofalus ar y cam o’i roi i beswylwyr cartrefi gofal; fodd bynnag, mae angen inni barhau i sicrhau y gallwn gludo'r brechlyn yn ddiogel i bobl nad ydynt yn gallu dod i glinigau.  
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> "Os bydd popeth yn mynd yn iawn yr wythnos hon, byddwn yn dechrau i cyflwyno’r broses frechu i gartrefi gofal cyn y Nadolig, gan ddod â lefel newydd o ddiogelwch i rai o'n pobl fwyaf agored i niwed.  
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> "Mae staff y GIG wedi gwneud gwaith gwych i gyflwyno’r brechlyn cyntaf hwn yn ddiogel ac yn gyflym. Rwy'n hynod ddiolchgar am eu gwaith caled ar hyn, ac yn ystod y pandemig yn gyffredinol.”


Dywedodd Dr Gill Richardson, Cadeirydd Rhaglen Frechu COVID\-19 Cymru:



> "Mae darparu brechlyn COVID\-19 i staff cartrefi gofal a phreswylwyr wastad wedi bod yn flaenoriaeth i Lywodraeth Cymru. Rydym wedi bod yn gweithio ers misoedd i ymateb i’r heriau dosbarthu ac rydym yn credu bod gennym ateb ymarferol y byddwn yn ei ddefnyddio mewn safleoedd peilot o ddydd Mercher. Mae staff cartrefi gofal wedi cael cynnig brechiadau yng nghanolfannau’r Byrddau Iechyd wrth aros i'r model symudol ddechrau."  
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> "Rydym bellach yn hyderus iawn y gall ysbytai'r GIG ailbecynnu a chludo’r brechlyn yn ddiogel i gartref gofal heb beryglu ei sefydlogrwydd."  
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> Wrth i gyflenwadau pellach ddod ar gael ac wrth i frechlynnau ychwanegol gael cymeradwyaeth yr MHRA, bydd modd mynd ati gam wrth gam i gynnig y brechlyn i grwpiau eraill, yn seiliedig ar eu risg o gymhlethdodau difrifol a marwolaeth.


Anogir pobl i aros i gael eu gwahodd, a bydd hynny’n digwydd drwy systemau'r GIG. Peidiwch â gofyn i'ch fferyllydd na'ch meddyg teulu.