English: Minister, can I thank you for your statement and the advance copy today, and also for the briefing that you provided to Health and Social Care Committee Members with your officials? That was helpful this morning as well. I agree with you, Minister; there's huge concern here, because there's so much uncertainty and we know that omicron is fast becoming the dominant strain across the UK and in Wales. Of course, I agree that increasing the vaccination programme has to be the priority and the vaccination programme has to be rapidly expanded. Can I just ask you a few questions about your measures to increase take-up? Can I just ask about messaging, first of all? Because the First Minister, in his statement yesterday evening and today - the message is, 'Get your booster, and make that your priority'. But for many people across Wales, that's not particularly the issue, because they're ready; they're ready to get their booster. I think the question is how they can do that. For many people, despite the messaging that it's a priority, it's a case of sit and wait until you get your invite. That's the reality here. So, that's some of the messaging issues that I just wanted to raise with you around that. Because I'd imagine anyone in this virtual Senedd today feels the same way. I'm ready to drop everything to get my booster jab. I just want to know how I'm going to find out where I'm going to get it, when I'm going to know, what I should do and by what date if I haven't had my invite. So, if those are the questions of myself and Members in this virtual Chamber this afternoon, those are going to be the questions from people across Wales. I think that's the important element here in terms of meeting the targets that you've set out - the ambitious targets that you've set out to get all adults being offered the invite by the end of the year. In terms of other measures on take-up as well, in your briefing today, you talked about plans for increasing opening hours. You spoke about that in your statement today, but I don't think you mentioned the times. I think in the briefing today, if I'm right, you mentioned increasing opening times from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Can I suggest that for many people, they can attend before 9 a.m. if that's appropriate? Many people can attend beyond 8 p.m. So, can I ask you to perhaps reconsider longer opening times? Because I would suggest that it's very difficult to meet your target if the opening times aren't extended any further. Hand in hand with that question, of course, is volunteers as well. You've talked about working with the third sector, which I welcome. Can you now launch a Wales-wide recruitment campaign for volunteers? Because surely that needs to happen with some urgency. Can I ask you what your plans are in terms of filling gaps when people don't turn up, sadly, for appointments? It's very frustrating, I know. But when people don't turn up, what are the plans for filling in those appointments with a shorter time span? You said in your statement that emerging data has revealed that two doses of the vaccine are not enough to protect us against omicron. Can you just clarify whether this is only related to AstraZeneca, or both vaccinations? And how much of a role does time since having a jab play in defending yourself against this new variant? Can I also ask about what plans you have in terms of cancelling planned operations? You spoke a little about that today as well. I'm just concerned because one in five people across Wales are already on a waiting list, so what efforts are you making to prevent waiting lists spiralling further in this regard, and what progress is being made on surgical hubs, as I've outlined previously? And finally, there seems to be some positive data, early data, showing that death rates in South Africa have significantly fallen in the last few days, so I wonder what assessment has been made from other areas of the world where the new variant is significantly advanced that brings some hope and encouragement that can be drawn from that data.
Welsh: Gweinidog, a gaf fi ddiolch i chi am eich datganiad a'r copi ymlaen llaw heddiw, a hefyd am y briff y gwnaethoch ei roi i Aelodau'r Pwyllgor Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol gyda'ch swyddogion? Roedd hynny'n ddefnyddiol y bore yma hefyd. Cytunaf â chi, Gweinidog; mae pryder mawr yma, oherwydd mae cymaint o ansicrwydd a gwyddom fod omicron yn prysur ddod yn brif straen ar draws y DU ac yng Nghymru. Wrth gwrs, cytunaf mai cynyddu'r rhaglen frechu yw'r flaenoriaeth ac mae'n rhaid ehangu'r rhaglen frechu'n gyflym. A gaf i ofyn ychydig o gwestiynau i chi am eich mesurau i gynyddu'r nifer sy'n manteisio? A gaf fi ofyn am negeseuon, yn gyntaf oll? Gan y Prif Weinidog, yn ei ddatganiad ddoe a heddiw - y neges yw, 'Ewch am eich brechlyn atgyfnerthu, a gwnewch hynny yn flaenoriaeth'. Ond i lawer o bobl ledled Cymru, nid dyna'r mater mewn gwirionedd, oherwydd maen nhw'n barod; maen nhw'n barod i gael eu brechlyn atgyfnerthu. Credaf mai'r cwestiwn yw sut y gallan nhw wneud hynny. I lawer o bobl, er gwaethaf y negeseuon ei fod yn flaenoriaeth, mae'n fater o eistedd ac aros nes i chi gael eich gwahoddiad. Dyna'r realiti yma. Felly, dyna rai o'r materion o ran negeseuon yr oeddwn eisiau eu codi gyda chi am hynny. Oherwydd byddwn i'n dychmygu bod unrhyw un yn y Senedd rithwir hon heddiw yn teimlo'r un ffordd. Rwy'n barod i ollwng popeth i gael fy mrechlyn atgyfnerthu. Rwyf eisiau gwybod sut rwy'n mynd i ganfod lle rwy'n mynd i'w gael, pryd gaf fi wybod, beth ddylwn i ei wneud ac erbyn pa ddyddiad os nad wyf wedi cael fy ngwahoddiad. Felly, os dyna'r cwestiynau sydd gennyf i ac Aelodau yn y Siambr rithwir hon y prynhawn yma, dyna fydd y cwestiynau gan bobl ledled Cymru. Credaf mai dyna'r elfen bwysig yma o ran cyrraedd y targedau yr ydych chi wedi'u nodi - y targedau uchelgeisiol yr ydych chi wedi'u gosod i gynnig y gwahoddiad i bob oedolyn erbyn diwedd y flwyddyn. Ynghylch y mesurau eraill o ran y nifer sy'n manteisio hefyd, yn eich papur briffio heddiw, fe wnaethoch sôn am gynlluniau ar gyfer cynyddu oriau agor. Fe wnaethoch sôn am hynny yn eich datganiad heddiw, ond nid wyf yn credu i chi sôn am yr amseroedd. Credaf yn y briff heddiw, os wyf yn iawn, eich bod wedi sôn am gynyddu amseroedd agor o 9 a.m. i 8 p.m. A gaf i awgrymu, i lawer o bobl, y gallant gyrraedd cyn 9 a.m. os yw hynny'n briodol? Gall llawer o bobl fod yn bresennol ar ôl 8 p.m. Felly, gaf fi ofyn i chi ailystyried amseroedd agor hirach efallai? Oherwydd byddwn yn awgrymu ei bod yn anodd iawn cyrraedd eich targed os na fydd yr amseroedd agor yn cael eu hymestyn ymhellach. Law yn llaw â'r cwestiwn hwnnw, wrth gwrs, mae gwirfoddolwyr hefyd. Rydych chi wedi sôn am weithio gyda'r trydydd sector, ac rwy'n croesawu hynny. A wnewch chi nawr lansio ymgyrch recriwtio ledled Cymru ar gyfer gwirfoddolwyr? Oherwydd heb os nac oni bai mae angen i hynny ddigwydd ar frys. A gaf fi ofyn i chi beth yw eich cynlluniau o ran llenwi bylchau pan nad yw pobl yn cyrraedd, yn anffodus, ar gyfer apwyntiadau? Mae'n rhwystredig iawn, rwy'n gwybod. Ond pan nad yw pobl yn cyrraedd, beth yw'r cynlluniau ar gyfer llenwi'r apwyntiadau hynny gyda rhychwant amser byrrach? Fe wnaethoch ddweud yn eich datganiad fod data sy'n dod i'r amlwg wedi datgelu nad yw dau ddos o'r brechlyn yn ddigon i'n hamddiffyn rhag omicron. A wnewch chi egluro a yw hyn dim ond yn gysylltiedig ag AstraZeneca, neu'r ddau frechlyn? A faint o ran y mae'r amser ers cael brechlyn yn ei chwarae i amddiffyn eich hun yn erbyn yr amrywiolyn newydd hwn? A gaf fi hefyd ofyn pa gynlluniau sydd gennych chi o ran canslo llawdriniaethau sydd wedi'u trefnu? Fe wnaethoch chi sôn ychydig am hynny heddiw hefyd. Rwyf yn pryderu am fod un o bob pump o bobl ledled Cymru eisoes ar restr aros, felly pa ymdrechion yr ydych chi'n eu gwneud i atal rhestrau aros rhag cynyddu ymhellach yn hyn o beth, a pha gynnydd sy'n cael ei wneud ar ganolfannau llawfeddygol, fel yr wyf wedi'i amlinellu o'r blaen? Ac yn olaf, mae'n ymddangos bod rhywfaint o ddata cadarnhaol, data cynnar, sy'n dangos bod cyfraddau marwolaethau yn Ne Affrica wedi gostwng yn sylweddol yn ystod y dyddiau diwethaf, felly tybed pa asesiad sydd wedi'i wneud o rannau eraill o'r byd lle mae'r amrywiolyn newydd wedi datblygu'n sylweddol sy'n dod â rhywfaint o obaith ac anogaeth y gellir ei dynnu o'r data hwnnw.