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Ar 15 Gorffennaf, cyhoeddais estyniad hyd 9 Awst i’r rhaglen brofi wythnosol a gyflwynwyd ar 15 Mehefin ar gyfer staff sy’n gweithio mewn cartrefi gofal ledled Cymru. Dywedais hefyd y byddem yn newid i gylch bob pythefnos pe bai nifer yr achosion o’r haint COVID\-19 mewn cartrefi gofal yn parhau i fod yn isel.


Rwy’n falch o ddweud, diolch i wyliadwriaeth ac ymroddiad rheolwyr a staff cartrefi gofal, mae nifer yr achosion wedi parhau i fod yn isel. Yn unol â hynny, bydd y rhan fwyaf o gartrefi gofal yn newid i gylch profi bob pythefnos o 10 Awst ymlaen. Byddwn yn parhau i fonitro’r data yn agos a byddaf yn adolygu’r polisi ymhen wyth wythnos, ar ddechrau mis Hydref.


Mae nifer y profion positif mewn cartrefi gofal yn y Gogledd, er yn gymharol fach o ran nifer, wedi bod yn uwch nag mewn ardaloedd eraill yng Nghymru dros yr wythnosau diwethaf. Mae’n bosibl bod y nifer uwch o achosion ymhlith y boblogaeth ehangach yn y Gogledd nag mewn ardaloedd eraill yng Nghymru, ynghyd ag achosion newydd mewn rhai cymunedau yn y Gogledd, wedi effeithio ar gartrefi gofal yn y rhanbarth. Am y rhesymau hyn, ac i roi sicrwydd parhaus i breswylwyr agored i niwed a’u teuluoedd, rwy’n gofyn i gartrefi gofal yn ardal Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr barhau i gynnal profion wythnosol ar eu staff am yr wyth wythnos nesaf. Byddwn yn parhau i fonitro’r data profi yn y cartrefi gofal a’r gymuned ehangach yn agos.


Rwy’n cyhoeddi newid arall i’r polisi heddiw, sef o ddydd Llun nesaf, 10 Awst, dylid cynnal yr holl brofion rheolaidd ar staff cartrefi gofal drwy borthol y Deyrnas Unedig a’r labordai Goleudy. Mae fy swyddogion wedi bod yn siarad â’r sector cartrefi gofal a’r Byrddau Iechyd i sicrhau bod cymorth yn cael ei roi i gartrefi gofal sydd wedi bod yn cynnal y profion rheolaidd ar eu staff drwy’r Byrddau Iechyd a’u labordai. Dylid defnyddio labordai Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol Cymru i brofi unrhyw staff a phreswylwyr mewn cartrefi gofal sy’n dangos symptomau COVID\-19 ac ymateb i unrhyw gynnydd mewn achosion mewn cartrefi gofal.


Mae’r datganiad yn cael ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad i roi’r diweddaraf i aelodau. Os yw aelodau am imi wneud datganiad arall neu ateb cwestiynau pan fydd y Senedd yn dychwelyd byddwn i’n hapus i wneud hynny.







Translation:


 
On 15 July, I announced an extension to 9 August of the programme of weekly testing of staff working in care homes across Wales introduced on 15 June and indicated we would move to a fortnightly cycle if prevalence rates of Covid\-19 infection within care homes remained low.


I am pleased to report that thanks to the vigilance and commitment of care home managers and staff, prevalence rates have continued to remain at low levels. Accordingly, the majority of care homes will move to a fortnightly testing cycle from 10 August. We will continue to closely monitor the data and I will review the policy in eight weeks, in early October.


The rates of positive tests in care homes in North Wales, although relatively small in number, have been higher than in the other areas of Wales during the past few weeks. The higher prevalence rates for the wider population in North Wales than in the other areas of Wales, together with outbreaks in some communities in North Wales, may have impacted on care homes in the region. For these reasons, and to provide continued assurance to vulnerable residents and their families, I am asking care homes within the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area to continue undertaking weekly testing of their staff for the next eight weeks and we will continue to closely monitor the testing data in the care homes and the wider community.


A further change in policy I am announcing today is that from next Monday, 10 August, all the regular testing of care home staff should be undertaken through the UK portal and the Lighthouse laboratories.  My officials have been speaking with the care homes sector and the Health Boards to ensure support is provided to care homes who have previously undertaken the regular testing of their staff through the Health Boards and their laboratories.  The NHS Wales laboratories should be used for testing any staff and residents in care homes who are presenting symptoms of Covid\-19 and in response to any outbreaks in care homes.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed.  Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Senedd returns I would be happy to do so.