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| Swansea: alarm bells |
Alarm bells are ringing in Wales with the coronavirus cases rising, unlike the falling numbers recorded in the other UK nations.
Welsh Health Secretary Vaughan Gethin said the situation was very serious with the NHS under ‘considerable and unsustainable pressure’.
In the past week the infection rate in Wales almost doubled that of England and the number of areas with the highest rate also doubled.
Swansea is one of the worst hit areas where the situation could soon reach catastrophic levels unless people followed social distancing, according to the Swansea Bay health board director, Dr Keith Ford.
The local health system could be overwhelmed if cases continued to rise as they were doing. Seven hundred hospital staff were off sick while there were 800 new cases last week.
Dr Ford said a perfect storm was being driven by people illegally mixing.
With Wales now the only part of the UK without falling rates, Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford may have to order a further clamp down before the announced Christmas break which, in response to the latest grim news, he says he has not ruled out.
Last week he introduced a ban on alcohol with all pubs, restaurants and cafes having go close at 6pm.
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