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Mae ymateb brys o ran iechyd cyhoeddus wedi cael ei gyflwyno yn dilyn gwybodaeth am naw achos o’r frech goch \- dau ohonynt wedi’u cadarnhau mewn labordy. Mae’r achosion yn gysylltiedig a Ysgol Cwmtawe yng Nghastell\-nedd Port Talbot. Trefnodd Bwrdd Iechyd Abertawe Bro Morgannwg a Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru sesiynau brechu MMR yn yr ysgol i blant ac athrawon ddydd Mawrth 8 Hydref er mwyn lleihau’r perygl o achosion pellach. Yn ôl yr adborth cychwynnol o’r sesiynau hyn \- o’r 141 o blant y nodwyd eu bod mewn perygl o gael y frech goch, mae 28 ohonynt wedi cael eu himiwneiddio erbyn hyn a 67 wedi cael eu himiwneiddio yn rhywle arall. Hefyd, cafodd 27 o athrawon eu himiwneiddio. Roedd y gweddill naill ai’n absennol, yn mynd i weld eu meddyg teulu i gael eu himiwneiddio neu wedi gwrthod cael eu himiwneiddio.

 Rwy’n diolchgar iawn i staff Bwrdd Iechyd Abertawe Bro Morgannwg a Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru am drefnu ymateb mor gyflym i’r nifer fechan hon o achosion ac am weithio mor galed dros gyfnod byr i drefnu’r sesiynau hyn yn yr ysgol. Rhaid i ni hefyd gydnabod cymorth gwerthfawr yr ysgol a’r awdurdod addysg, a’i gwnaeth yn bosibl i roi’r ymateb ar waith.  

 Rydym yn parhau i annog y rhieni hynny sydd heb roi caniatâd i’w plant gael eu himiwneiddio fynd ati i ofyn am y brechlyn. Os ydynt yn dymuno, gall plant hŷn a phobl ifanc roi caniatâd eu hunain i gael eu brechu. Yn ogystal â’r effeithiau amlwg ar eu hiechyd nhw eu hunain, mae’r unigolion sydd heb eu brechu yn achosi mwy o risg i iechyd pobl eraill. Yn fwy cyffredinol, pan geir achosion y gellid bod wedi eu hosgoi, mae hynny’n golygu bod rhaid tynnu gwasanaethau oddi wrth ddyletswyddau pwysig eraill. Mae’r dyletswyddau hynny wedyn yn gorfod aros tra bydd ymateb cyflym yn cael ei drefnu.  

 





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An urgent public health response has been put in place following notification of 9 cases of measles of which 2 have been laboratory confirmed associated with Cwmtawe School in Neath Port Talbot.  Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board and Public Health Wales have organised MMR vaccination sessions at the school for children and teachers aimed at reducing the risk of any further cases arising from these notifications. Initial feedback from these sessions, held on Tuesday 8 October, indicates that of the 141 children initially identified as susceptible to measles, 28 children have now been immunised and 67 had been immunised elsewhere. In addition, 27 teachers were also immunised. The remainder were either absent, going to their GPs for vaccination or declined to accept the immunisation.


I am most grateful to the staff of ABMU Health Board and Public Health Wales for putting in place a rapid response to this small number of cases and for working so hard over a short space of time to put in place these school based sessions. We must also recognise the invaluable support of the School and Education Authority which enabled this response.


We  continue to urge those parents who have still not consented to having their children immunised to come forward and seek vaccination. Older children and young people can consent to the vaccination themselves if they wish.  Quite apart from the obvious health effect to the individuals themselves, those without vaccination pose a greater threat to the health of others. More generally when avoidable outbreaks occur, services have to be diverted from other important duties which then have to wait so that a rapid response can be put in place.