English: Thanks for the opportunity to provide an update on the current public health situation and the outcome of the latest review of the coronavirus regulations. Community transmission of the BA.2 omicron wave of COVID-19 continues at a very high level across Wales. According to the ONS survey, one in 25 people in Wales have COVID. There are still around 1,064 COVID-related patients in hospital - that's 11 per cent down from last week - although only 78 of these are being actively treated for COVID, with 15 people in critical care with COVID. The health and social care system continues to struggle with COVID-19 demands. High levels of staff absence and other pressures continue. We must maintain our efforts to reduce transmission within hospital settings. Limiting visitor numbers to hospitals, maintaining social distancing and rigorous application of infection control procedures all remain important. With this in mind, and on the advice of the chief medical officer and technical advisory cell, Cabinet have made the decision to retain the last remaining legal restriction, that being the requirement for face coverings in indoor public areas of health and social care settings, for a further three weeks. I understand how challenging the past two years have been, in particular for those working in health and social care and for the people that they care for. There's been much hard work and sacrifice, and I applaud the ongoing efforts, as we continue to take steps to keep safe the most vulnerable and the staff working in these high-risk settings. As I have said before, vaccination remains the most important measure of defence against COVID, and has successfully weakened the link between the virus and serious illness and hospitalisation. It's never too late to be vaccinated, and we encourage everyone eligible to come forward. There are other steps we can take to protect ourselves and others. We will continue to recommend that face coverings are worn in all crowded or enclosed indoor places, as part of a suite of strengthened guidance and public health advice. These and other measures can work together to help reduce the transmission of coronavirus and to keep us all safe. We recognise how difficult a time this has been for learners, in particular as we approach examination season. I am pleased to announce that, together with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, we have agreed an exception to our self-isolation guidance for those people sitting GCSE, AS, A-level and vocational examinations. The aim is to better enable learners to take their exams safely, and to ensure that they're not disadvantaged compared to their peers in England and Scotland, where the guidance is that children and young people should isolate for three days. If they have a negative result, then they can take those exams - if they have two subsequent negative tests. In another positive step, 'Public Health Advice for Schools: Coronavirus' was published last week, and this new advice brings schools and education settings in line with other sectors in Wales in terms of public health advice and COVID-19. Additionally, we announced, yesterday, that we have now formally removed the infection control framework for higher and further education institutions, meaning these sectors will also move to using the wider public health guidance followed by businesses, employers and event organisers.
Welsh: Diolch am y cyfle i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y sefyllfa bresennol o ran iechyd y cyhoedd a chanlyniad yr adolygiad diweddaraf o'r rheoliadau coronafeirws. Mae trosglwyddiad y don omicron BA.2 o COVID-19 yn y gymuned yn parhau ar lefel uchel iawn ledled Cymru. Yn ôl arolwg y Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol, mae gan un o bob 25 o bobl yng Nghymru COVID. Mae tua 1,064 o gleifion yn yr ysbyty o hyd yn gysylltiedig â COVID - mae hynny 11 y cant yn is na'r wythnos diwethaf - er mai dim ond 78 o'r rhain sy'n cael eu trin yn weithredol ar gyfer COVID, gyda 15 o bobl mewn gofal critigol gyda COVID. Mae'r system iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yn parhau i gael trafferthion oherwydd gofynion COVID-19. Mae lefelau uchel o absenoldeb staff a phwysau eraill yn parhau. Mae'n rhaid i ni barhau â'n hymdrechion i leihau trosglwyddo o fewn ysbytai. Mae cyfyngu nifer yr ymwelwyr i ysbytai, cadw pellter cymdeithasol a gweithredu gweithdrefnau rheoli heintiau yn drylwyr i gyd yn parhau i fod yn bwysig. Gan gofio hyn, ac wrth ddilyn cyngor y prif swyddog meddygol a'r gell cyngor technegol, mae'r Cabinet wedi penderfynu cadw'r cyfyngiad cyfreithiol olaf sy'n weddill, sef y gofyniad am orchuddion wyneb mewn lleoliadau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol cyhoeddus dan do, am dair wythnos arall. Rwy'n deall pa mor heriol fu'r ddwy flynedd ddiwethaf, yn enwedig i'r rhai hynny sy'n gweithio ym maes iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol ac i'r bobl y maen nhw'n gofalu amdanyn nhw. Bu llawer o waith caled ac aberth, ac rwy'n cymeradwyo'r ymdrechion parhaus, wrth i ni barhau i gymryd camau i gadw'r bobl fwyaf agored i niwed a'r staff sy'n gweithio yn y lleoliadau risg uchel hyn yn ddiogel. Fel yr wyf wedi ei ddweud o'r blaen, brechu yw'r mesur amddiffyn pwysicaf yn erbyn COVID o hyd, ac mae wedi gwanhau'n llwyddiannus y cysylltiad rhwng y feirws a salwch difrifol a mynd i'r ysbyty. Nid yw byth yn rhy hwyr i gael eich brechu, ac rydym yn annog pawb sy'n gymwys i ddod ymlaen. Mae camau eraill y gallwn eu cymryd i amddiffyn ein hunain ac eraill. Byddwn yn parhau i argymell bod gorchuddion wyneb yn cael eu gwisgo ym mhob man dan do gorlawn neu gaeedig, fel rhan o gyfres o ganllawiau cryfach a chyngor ar iechyd y cyhoedd. Gall y mesurau hyn a mesurau eraill gydweithio i helpu i leihau trosglwyddo'r coronafeirws a chadw pob un ohonom yn ddiogel. Rydym yn cydnabod pa mor anodd y mae hyn wedi bod i ddysgwyr, yn enwedig wrth i ni nesáu at dymor yr arholiadau. Mae'n bleser gen i gyhoeddi ein bod ni, ynghyd â'r Gweinidog Addysg a'r Gymraeg, wedi cytuno ar eithriad i'n canllawiau hunanynysu ar gyfer y bobl hynny sy'n sefyll arholiadau TGAU, UG, Safon Uwch a galwedigaethol. Y nod yw galluogi dysgwyr yn well i sefyll eu harholiadau'n ddiogel, a sicrhau nad ydyn nhw o dan anfantais o'u cymharu â'u cyfoedion yn Lloegr a'r Alban, pan fo'r canllawiau yn dweud y dylai plant a phobl ifanc ynysu am dri diwrnod. Os byddan nhw'n cael canlyniad negatif, yna gallan nhw sefyll yr arholiadau hynny - os byddan nhw'n cael dau brawf negatif dilynol. Mewn cam cadarnhaol arall, cyhoeddwyd 'Cyngor Iechyd y Cyhoedd i Ysgolion: Coronafeirws' yr wythnos diwethaf, ac mae'r cyngor newydd hwn yn gosod ysgolion a lleoliadau addysg ar yr un gwastad â sectorau eraill yng Nghymru o ran cyngor iechyd y cyhoedd a COVID-19. Hefyd, fe wnaethom ni gyhoeddi, ddoe, ein bod bellach wedi dileu'r fframwaith rheoli heintiau ar gyfer sefydliadau addysg uwch ac addysg bellach yn ffurfiol, sy'n golygu y bydd y sectorau hyn hefyd yn symud tuag at ddefnyddio'r canllawiau iechyd cyhoeddus ehangach a ddilynir gan fusnesau, cyflogwyr a threfnwyr digwyddiadau.