Coronavirus recap: Health Minister to give latest updates for Wales
Vaughan Gething will host a live briefing
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Wales Health Minister Vaughan Gething will hold a live briefing on coronavirus today.
It brings the death toll for the region to 702 since the beginning of the pandemic, and a total of 28,510 cases have now been recorded.
The press conference comes as calls by MPs are made for clarity over schools reopening.
We will bring you all the latest as we get it, with the briefing due to start at 12.15pm. For the latest news please visit North Wales Live.
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GPs in Buckley have vaccinated hundreds of residents using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the first time within the community as part of a pilot project. Previously, the Pfizer vaccine could only be used in the mass vaccination centres due to the ultra-low temperatures it needs to be stored at. However, over the weekend, the health board confirmed that 1,100 jabs were given in Buckley Medical Centre. Vaccines were also given on the Llŷn Peninsula - 1,200 people at Tŷ Doctor in Nefyn, Gwynedd to be specific. The surgeries worked in collaboration with other GP practices within their cluster to deliver the vaccine to priority patients within two days.
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image captionThe first Covid-19 vaccines were given in Wales in December
The population of Wales has been split into 10 groups and where you sit broadly determines where you are in the queue to get a coronavirus vaccine.
The had been early criticism at the speed and approach to the roll-out compared to the other nations of the UK but Wales has since been out in front.
The Welsh Government says it aims to have all over-70s, care home residents and staff, front-line health workers and those extremely vulnerable to the virus vaccinated by mid-February.
Over-50s and younger people with health conditions that put them at higher risk should follow by the spring, all depending on supplies of the vaccine arriving.
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