Strategy and evidence: coronavirus

Guidance and services

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• Coronavirus: the facts
  Addressing misinformation undermining the fight against COVID-19 and our commitment to Keep Wales Safe.
• Elections: coronavirus guidance
  This guidance provides advice to the public and the electoral community on elections planned during 2021.
• Guidance to persons undertaking election campaigning activities in Wales during the coronavirus pandemic
  This guidance applies to all election campaigning in Wales.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Coronavirus control plan: revised alert levels in Wales (March 2021)
  Policy and strategy
  Describes changes to alert levels taking account of vaccination and the dominant Kent strain.
• Coronavirus control plan: alert levels in Wales (coming out of lockdown)
  Policy and strategy
  In this update we set out what has changed since December and what that means for our decision making.
• Coronavirus control plan: alert levels in Wales
  Policy and strategy
  Describes the measures to control coronavirus at 4 alert levels and how the level will be set.
• Evidence and data used to inform coronavirus restrictions
  Policy and strategy
  The evidence Welsh Government uses to decide how to protect everyone from coronavirus.
• Unlocking our society and economy: continuing the conversation
  Policy and strategy
  The steps we are considering as we lead Wales out of the coronavirus pandemic.
• Leading Wales out of the coronavirus pandemic: a framework for recovery
  Policy and strategy
  How we will lead Wales out of the coronavirus crisis in a way that keeps everyone safe and revitalises our economy as quickly as possible.
• Test Trace Protect
  Policy and strategy
  Our strategy for testing the general public and tracing the spread of coronavirus in Wales.
• Coronavirus: action plan
  Policy and strategy
  How the UK governments are dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak.
• Welsh Government's role and responsibilities: coronavirus
  Policy and strategy
  Explains our responsibilities and how we are working with other bodies during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) related statistics and research
  Collection
  Latest data and analysis on the effect of coronavirus on society in Wales.
• Coronavirus control plan for Wales
  Policy and strategy
  The coronavirus control plan for Wales sets out how we will all work together to manage the risks of coronavirus in Wales.
• Coronavirus reconstruction: challenges and priorities
  Policy and strategy
  Our priorities to help stabilise Wales as we continue to live with coronavirus, prevent longer-term damage and plan to build a new future.
• Advice on coronavirus from the Technical Advisory Cell
  Collection
  Technical Advisory Cell
  Information to help ministers respond in the best interests of the Welsh population to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Elections Planning Group: report September 2020
  Report
  Report on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the administration of the 2021 Senedd elections.
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) COVID-19 Socioeconomic Subgroup: report
  Report
  Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Advisory Group
  Report into the factors influencing negative COVID-19 outcomes for individuals from BAME backgrounds.
• Slides and datasets from the coronavirus briefings
  Collection
  Statistical information from the coronavirus briefings.
• COVID-19 BAME Advisory Group: potential impact of COVID-19
  Report
  This paper was produced to support the work of the First Minister’s COVID-19 BAME Advisory Group.
• COVID-19 testing strategy
  Policy and strategy
  The updated COVID -19 strategy also looks at the role of testing alongside vaccinations.
• Impact assessments: coronavirus
  Collection
  Assessments of how our measures to manage COVID-19 affect equality of opportunity.
• COVID-19 situational reports
  Collection
  Detailed data and information on COVID-19 case rates.
• Technical Advisory Group: briefing on variant of concern B.1.617.2
  Report
  Technical Advisory Cell
  The COVID-19 Variant of Concern VOC-21APR-02 is also called B.1.617.2 and was first identified in India, where it is thought to be widespread.