English: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd, for the opportunity to update Members on the current public health situation and the outcome of the latest review of the coronavirus regulations, which was carried out last week. Wales is currently at alert level 0. We have passed the omicron peak of the Christmas and new year period, and we are growing increasingly confident that cases are declining. Infections in the community are going down. The number of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 is going down, and the number of people in critical care with COVID-19 recently is the lowest since July 2021. All of this, of course, is very positive news. There are, of course, some reasons why we should continue to be cautious. It's clear that the pandemic is not yet over. COVID, unfortunately, is still very much with us. The case rate, which is based on positive PCR tests, is 326 cases per 100,000. This is still a very high rate, although not as high as the extraordinary levels that we saw at the peak of the omicron wave. We are also keeping a close eye on cases of the sub-variant of omicron, called BA.2. It's an even more transmissible form of the virus than the one that we have become used to. There have been almost 250 cases detected in Wales to date. There has been some speculation that this is what's driving the current high case rate in Northern Ireland. Llywydd, before I turn to the outcome of the 21-day review, I want to reflect a moment on the huge progress and the difference that our fantastic vaccination programme has made. As we approach the second anniversary of the first case of coronavirus being diagnosed in Wales, more than 6.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered. More than nine out of 10 people have had one dose, 86 per cent have had two doses, and 67 per cent have had a booster dose. Vaccination has helped to change the course of this pandemic, weakening the link for so many of us between the virus, serious illness, hospitalisation and death. It has saved countless lives, and the speed of the roll-out of our booster programme undoubtedly helped us to weather the omicron storm. I am pleased that our online rebooking system is now live and being phased in and integrated to health board COVID-19 vaccine delivery plans. This is another tool for health boards to provide additional contact methods for people to reschedule their appointment if the one they have been allocated is not convenient. Health boards will continue to have phone lines available for people who do not receive the rebooking text or are unable to access the online rebooking service. It is never too late to be vaccinated in Wales, and I would urge anyone who hasn't yet been vaccinated, or who hasn't finished their vaccine course, to come and get their jabs. Whilst yet to be published officially by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, I have received JCVI advice regarding the vaccination of all five to 11-year-olds. I have agreed it, and we are working with health boards on implementing the offer. We await advice about whether the most vulnerable cohorts should have a further booster to protect them over the spring and summer months. We are working with health boards to plan for various scenarios to ensure we are agile and ready to implement any advice once I have considered this carefully.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd, am y cyfle i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i'r Aelodau ynglŷn â'r sefyllfa gyfredol o ran iechyd y cyhoedd a chanlyniad yr adolygiad diweddaraf o reoliadau coronafeirws, a gynhaliwyd yr wythnos diwethaf. Mae Cymru ar lefel rhybudd 0 ar hyn o bryd. Rydym ni wedi mynd heibio i benllanw omicron dros gyfnod y Nadolig a'r flwyddyn newydd, ac rydym ni'n gynyddol ffyddiog bod niferoedd yr achosion yn prinhau. Mae heintiadau yn y gymuned yn prinhau. Mae nifer y bobl sy'n cael eu derbyn i'r ysbyty gyda COVID-19 yn lleihau, a nifer y bobl mewn gofal critigol gyda COVID-19 yn ddiweddar yw'r lleiaf ers mis Gorffennaf 2021. Mae'r rhain i gyd, wrth gwrs, yn newyddion cadarnhaol iawn. Wrth gwrs, fe geir rhai rhesymau i ni ddal ati i fod yn ofalus. Mae hi'n amlwg nad yw'r pandemig ar ben eto. Mae COVID, yn anffodus, yn parhau i fod gyda ni. Y gyfradd o achosion, ar sail profion PCR cadarnhaol, yw 326 o achosion fesul 100,000. Mae hon yn gyfradd uchel iawn o hyd, er nad yw hi mor uchel â'r cyfraddau eithriadol a welsom ni yn anterth y don omicron. Rydym ni'n cadw llygad barcud hefyd ar achosion o is-amrywiolyn omicron, o'r enw BA.2. Mae honno'n ffurf fwy trosglwyddadwy fyth o'r feirws na'r un yr ydym ni wedi dod i arfer â hi. Daeth bron i 250 o achosion i'r golwg yng Nghymru hyd yn hyn. Fe fu yna rywfaint o ddyfalu mai dyna'r hyn sy'n gyrru'r gyfradd uchel o achosion yng Ngogledd Iwerddon ar hyn o bryd. Llywydd, cyn i mi droi at ganlyniad yr adolygiad 21 diwrnod, fe hoffwn i fyfyrio am eiliad ar y cynnydd a'r gwahaniaeth aruthrol a wnaeth ein rhaglen frechu wych ni. Wrth i ni nesáu at ddwy flynedd ers yr achos cyntaf o ddiagnosis coronafeirws yng Nghymru, fe weinyddwyd dros 6.8 miliwn dos o'r brechlyn COVID-19. Mae mwy na naw o bob 10 o bobl wedi cael un dos, mae 86 y cant wedi cael dau ddos, ac mae 67 y cant wedi cael dos atgyfnerthu. Mae brechu wedi helpu i newid cwrs y pandemig hwn, gan wanhau'r cyswllt rhwng y feirws â salwch difrifol, mynediad i ysbyty, a marwolaeth i gymaint ohonom ni. Mae brechu wedi achub bywydau di-rif, ac mae cyflymder ein rhaglen atgyfnerthu ni wedi ein helpu ni wrth dawelu storm omicron, heb os nac oni bai. Rwy'n falch fod ein system ar-lein ni ar gyfer aildrefnu apwyntiadau bellach yn fyw ac yn cael ei chyflwyno a'i hintegreiddio yn raddol i gynlluniau cyflenwi brechlyn COVID-19 y byrddau iechyd. Dyma offeryn arall i fyrddau iechyd allu darparu dulliau ychwanegol i bobl ar gyfer cysylltu i aildrefnu eu hapwyntiadau nhw os nad yw'r un a roddwyd iddyn nhw'n gyfleus. Fe fydd byrddau iechyd yn parhau i fod â llinellau ffôn ar gael i bobl nad ydyn nhw'n cael y neges testun ar gyfer aildrefnu neu sy'n methu â mynd trwodd i'r gwasanaeth aildrefnu ar-lein. Nid yw hi fyth yn rhy hwyr i gael eich brechu yng Nghymru, ac fe fyddwn i'n annog unrhyw un nad yw wedi cael ei frechu eto, neu nad yw wedi gorffen ei gwrs brechlyn, i ddod i gael ei bigiadau. Er na chafodd hyn ei gyhoeddi yn swyddogol eto gan y Cyd-bwyllgor ar Frechu ac Imiwneiddio, rwyf i wedi cael cyngor gan y Cyd-bwyllgor ar Imiwneiddio a Brechu ynghylch brechu pob plentyn pump i 11 oed. Rwyf i wedi cytuno i'w gynnig, ac rydym ni'n gweithio gyda byrddau iechyd i weithredu'r cynnig hwn. Rydym ni'n aros am gyngor o ran a ddylai'r carfannau mwyaf agored i niwed gael brechiad atgyfnerthu arall i'w diogelu nhw dros fisoedd y gwanwyn a'r haf. Rydym ni'n gweithio gyda'r byrddau iechyd i gynllunio ar gyfer sefyllfaoedd amrywiol i sicrhau ein bod ni'n hyblyg ac yn barod i roi unrhyw gyngor ar waith wedi i mi ystyried hyn yn ofalus.