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9830_57	Wales, scheduled for May 2020, are postponed for a year because of the pandemic.
9830_58	16 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Authorities report the first coronavirus-related death in
9830_59	Wales.
9830_60	18 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government announces that all schools in Wales
9830_61	will close from the end of the week.
9830_62	22 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government advises Wales' "most vulnerable people"
9830_63	to stay indoors for a period of 12–16 weeks.
9830_64	24 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: It is announced that the Prince of Wales has tested positive
9830_65	for COVID-19.
9830_66	April
9830_67	1 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Multinational pharmaceutical company Roche denies the
9830_68	existence of a deal to supply Wales with COVID-19 tests after First Minister Mark Drakeford and
9830_69	Health Minister Vaughan Gething blame the collapse of a deal for a shortage of testing kits.
9830_70	3 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government announces the funding arrangements
9830_71	necessary to keep Cardiff Airport solvent during the crisis.
9830_72	12 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The new, temporary, Dragon's Heart Hospital, opens at
9830_73	Cardiff's Principality Stadium to admit its first patients.
9830_74	21 April – The Welsh Government cancels the planned independent inquiry into the circumstances
9830_75	surrounding the dismissal of Carl Sargeant from the cabinet of former First Minister Carwyn Jones
9830_76	and agrees to pay legal fees incurred by the Sargeant family.
9830_77	May
9830_78	6 May – The National Assembly for Wales becomes Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament; its members become
9830_79	Members of the Senedd (MS) – Aelodau o'r Senedd (AS).
9830_80	7 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Tracey Cooper, the chief executive of Public Health Wales,
9830_81	admits to the Senedd's health committee that she did not know about the Welsh Government's goal of
9830_82	carrying out 9000 COVID-19 tests a day.
9830_83	8 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that the COVID-19
9830_84	lockdown in Wales will be extended for a further three weeks.
9830_85	12 May – The organisers of the National Eisteddfod, which was due to be held in Tregaron in the
9830_86	first week of August, announce an alternative event, the Eisteddfod "AmGen".
9830_87	15 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government's plan for exiting the lockdown is
9830_88	announced by the First Minister.
9830_89	June 3 June – The Welsh Government announces that schools in Wales will reopen on 29 June.
9830_90	12 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that the R number for
9830_91	Wales is the lowest in the United Kingdom, at 0.7.
9830_92	18 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: 96 workers at two North Wales food production factories test
9830_93	positive for COVID-19.
9830_94	19 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces changes to lockdown
9830_95	restrictions with effect from 6 July.
9830_96	20 June – Builders' merchant Travis Perkins announces the closure of three North Wales outlets.
9830_97	26 June – After police are called to further incidents at Ogmore-by-Sea, the First Minister warns
9830_98	that lockdown restrictions will not be eased if people fail to observe rules on travel and social
9830_99	distancing.
9830_100	July 2 July – Airbus confirms that 1,435 jobs will be lost at Broughton in Flintshire.
9830_101	3 July – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh government confirms that travel restrictions
9830_102	resulting from the pandemic will be relaxed from 6 July.
9830_103	15 July – The Welsh Government agrees to debate Welsh independence for the first time since the
9830_104	Welsh Assembly was created in 1999. The debate is at the request of Plaid Cymru, following poll
9830_105	results that show a high level of approval for the devolved government's handling of the COVID-19
9830_106	pandemic in Wales.
9830_107	31 July – HM Coastguard announce the deployment of unmanned aircraft for search and rescue purposes
9830_108	over North Wales during the coming weekend.
9830_109	August
9830_110	3 August – CP Pharmaceuticals in Wrexham, a subsidiary of Wockhardt, is announced as having won a
9830_111	contract to supply COVID-19 vaccine for the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom.
9830_112	10 August – Flash flooding affects Aberystwyth and thunderstorms occur throughout North Wales.
9830_113	17 August – It is revealed that Wales's only golden eagle living in the wild has been found dead,
9830_114	probably from natural causes.
9830_115	26 August – A major fire breaks out near Llangennech when a freight train loaded with diesel fuel
9830_116	is derailed on a journey from Milford Haven. No one is seriously injured, but diesel oil spills
9830_117	into the River Loughor. Local residents are evacuated.
9830_118	September
9830_119	7 September – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The first local lockdown in Wales is announced, as the
9830_120	county of Caerphilly is placed under restrictions that will last at least a month. It follows the
9830_121	discovery that 98 people have tested positive in a week, giving the county the highest infection
9830_122	rate in Wales.
9830_123	21 September – Right-wing extremists from all over the UK are blamed by the police and First
9830_124	Minister for blocking the entrance to a former army camp at Penally in Pembrokeshire being used
9830_125	temporarily to house asylum seekers from Iran and Iraq.
9830_126	25 September
9830_127	Swansea, Llanelli and Cardiff go into local lockdown, joining Caerphilly, Newport, Bridgend,
9830_128	Merthyr, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
9830_129	Ford Bridgend Engine Plant closes.
9830_130	30 September – It is confirmed that eight patients have died in an outbreak of COVID-19 at the
9830_131	Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, and that 60 patients have been infected from a source at the
9830_132	hospital. All surgery at the hospital is suspended. Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones and AM Mick
9830_133	Antoniw issue a joint statement expressing their concern.
9830_134	October
9830_135	9 October – In the postponed Queen's Birthday Honours 2020, Welsh recipients include Warren
9830_136	Gatland, former Wales rugby head coach, and opera singer Rebecca Evans (CBE), Wales rugby captain
9830_137	Alun Wyn Jones (OBE) and artist Glenys Cour (MBE).
9830_138	10 October – Bangor, Gwynedd, goes into a local lockdown, joining other North Wales counties:
9830_139	Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.
9830_140	23 October – A 'firebreak' lockdown is imposed by the Welsh government for a 16-day period.
9830_141	Supermarkets and other large stores are prohibited from selling 'non-essential goods', because many
9830_142	smaller retailers are forced to close.
9830_143	27 October – After a petition is submitted to the Senedd, requesting it remove the ban on selling
9830_144	non-essential goods, the government reviews the policy and issues clarification.
9830_145	November
9830_146	17 November – There are calls for an inquiry into the handling of COVID-19 cases in hospitals and
9830_147	care homes after it is revealed that 53 people were discharged from hospital into Welsh care homes
9830_148	within days of testing positive during the early stages of the pandemic.
9830_149	20 November – The Welsh government announces that the 17-day Wales firebreak lockdown had an impact
9830_150	on coronavirus figures but warns that restrictions might be re-imposed before Christmas if the
9830_151	downturn does not last.
9830_152	26 November – New COVID restrictions, to come into force on 4 December, are provisionally
9830_153	announced.
9830_154	December
9830_155	20 December – COVID restrictions are amended, and the previously announced relaxation of rules over
9830_156	the Christmas break is rescinded. The Welsh government announces a complete lockdown in Wales with

9830_57

Wales, scheduled for May 2020, are postponed for a year because of the pandemic.

9830_58

16 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Authorities report the first coronavirus-related death in

9830_59

Wales.

9830_60

18 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government announces that all schools in Wales

9830_61

will close from the end of the week.

9830_62

22 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government advises Wales' "most vulnerable people"

9830_63

to stay indoors for a period of 12–16 weeks.

9830_64

24 March – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: It is announced that the Prince of Wales has tested positive

9830_65

for COVID-19.

9830_66

April

9830_67

1 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Multinational pharmaceutical company Roche denies the

9830_68

existence of a deal to supply Wales with COVID-19 tests after First Minister Mark Drakeford and

9830_69

Health Minister Vaughan Gething blame the collapse of a deal for a shortage of testing kits.

9830_70

3 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government announces the funding arrangements

9830_71

necessary to keep Cardiff Airport solvent during the crisis.

9830_72

12 April – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The new, temporary, Dragon's Heart Hospital, opens at

9830_73

Cardiff's Principality Stadium to admit its first patients.

9830_74

21 April – The Welsh Government cancels the planned independent inquiry into the circumstances

9830_75

surrounding the dismissal of Carl Sargeant from the cabinet of former First Minister Carwyn Jones

9830_76

and agrees to pay legal fees incurred by the Sargeant family.

9830_77

May

9830_78

6 May – The National Assembly for Wales becomes Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament; its members become

9830_79

Members of the Senedd (MS) – Aelodau o'r Senedd (AS).

9830_80

7 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: Tracey Cooper, the chief executive of Public Health Wales,

9830_81

admits to the Senedd's health committee that she did not know about the Welsh Government's goal of

9830_82

carrying out 9000 COVID-19 tests a day.

9830_83

8 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that the COVID-19

9830_84

lockdown in Wales will be extended for a further three weeks.

9830_85

12 May – The organisers of the National Eisteddfod, which was due to be held in Tregaron in the

9830_86

first week of August, announce an alternative event, the Eisteddfod "AmGen".

9830_87

15 May – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh Government's plan for exiting the lockdown is

9830_88

announced by the First Minister.

9830_89

June 3 June – The Welsh Government announces that schools in Wales will reopen on 29 June.

9830_90

12 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that the R number for

9830_91

Wales is the lowest in the United Kingdom, at 0.7.

9830_92

18 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: 96 workers at two North Wales food production factories test

9830_93

positive for COVID-19.

9830_94

19 June – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: First Minister Mark Drakeford announces changes to lockdown

9830_95

restrictions with effect from 6 July.

9830_96

20 June – Builders' merchant Travis Perkins announces the closure of three North Wales outlets.

9830_97

26 June – After police are called to further incidents at Ogmore-by-Sea, the First Minister warns

9830_98

that lockdown restrictions will not be eased if people fail to observe rules on travel and social

9830_99

distancing.

9830_100

July 2 July – Airbus confirms that 1,435 jobs will be lost at Broughton in Flintshire.

9830_101

3 July – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The Welsh government confirms that travel restrictions

9830_102

resulting from the pandemic will be relaxed from 6 July.

9830_103

15 July – The Welsh Government agrees to debate Welsh independence for the first time since the

9830_104

Welsh Assembly was created in 1999. The debate is at the request of Plaid Cymru, following poll

9830_105

results that show a high level of approval for the devolved government's handling of the COVID-19

9830_106

pandemic in Wales.

9830_107

31 July – HM Coastguard announce the deployment of unmanned aircraft for search and rescue purposes

9830_108

over North Wales during the coming weekend.

9830_109

August

9830_110

3 August – CP Pharmaceuticals in Wrexham, a subsidiary of Wockhardt, is announced as having won a

9830_111

contract to supply COVID-19 vaccine for the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom.

9830_112

10 August – Flash flooding affects Aberystwyth and thunderstorms occur throughout North Wales.

9830_113

17 August – It is revealed that Wales's only golden eagle living in the wild has been found dead,

9830_114

probably from natural causes.

9830_115

26 August – A major fire breaks out near Llangennech when a freight train loaded with diesel fuel

9830_116

is derailed on a journey from Milford Haven. No one is seriously injured, but diesel oil spills

9830_117

into the River Loughor. Local residents are evacuated.

9830_118

September

9830_119

7 September – COVID-19 pandemic in Wales: The first local lockdown in Wales is announced, as the

9830_120

county of Caerphilly is placed under restrictions that will last at least a month. It follows the

9830_121

discovery that 98 people have tested positive in a week, giving the county the highest infection

9830_122

rate in Wales.

9830_123

21 September – Right-wing extremists from all over the UK are blamed by the police and First

9830_124

Minister for blocking the entrance to a former army camp at Penally in Pembrokeshire being used

9830_125

temporarily to house asylum seekers from Iran and Iraq.

9830_126

25 September

9830_127

Swansea, Llanelli and Cardiff go into local lockdown, joining Caerphilly, Newport, Bridgend,

9830_128

Merthyr, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

9830_129

Ford Bridgend Engine Plant closes.

9830_130

30 September – It is confirmed that eight patients have died in an outbreak of COVID-19 at the

9830_131

Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, and that 60 patients have been infected from a source at the

9830_132

hospital. All surgery at the hospital is suspended. Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones and AM Mick

9830_133

Antoniw issue a joint statement expressing their concern.

9830_134

October

9830_135

9 October – In the postponed Queen's Birthday Honours 2020, Welsh recipients include Warren

9830_136

Gatland, former Wales rugby head coach, and opera singer Rebecca Evans (CBE), Wales rugby captain

9830_137

Alun Wyn Jones (OBE) and artist Glenys Cour (MBE).

9830_138

10 October – Bangor, Gwynedd, goes into a local lockdown, joining other North Wales counties:

9830_139

Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.

9830_140

23 October – A 'firebreak' lockdown is imposed by the Welsh government for a 16-day period.

9830_141

Supermarkets and other large stores are prohibited from selling 'non-essential goods', because many

9830_142

smaller retailers are forced to close.

9830_143

27 October – After a petition is submitted to the Senedd, requesting it remove the ban on selling

9830_144

non-essential goods, the government reviews the policy and issues clarification.

9830_145

November

9830_146

17 November – There are calls for an inquiry into the handling of COVID-19 cases in hospitals and

9830_147

care homes after it is revealed that 53 people were discharged from hospital into Welsh care homes

9830_148

within days of testing positive during the early stages of the pandemic.

9830_149

20 November – The Welsh government announces that the 17-day Wales firebreak lockdown had an impact

9830_150

on coronavirus figures but warns that restrictions might be re-imposed before Christmas if the

9830_151

downturn does not last.

9830_152

26 November – New COVID restrictions, to come into force on 4 December, are provisionally

9830_153

announced.

9830_154

December

9830_155

20 December – COVID restrictions are amended, and the previously announced relaxation of rules over

9830_156

the Christmas break is rescinded. The Welsh government announces a complete lockdown in Wales with