Authorities reported the first few cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan. The virus is responsible for COVID-19 commonly referred to as coronavirus
December 2019
Coronavirus spread throughout Asia, affecting Japan, Thailand and Korea, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) giving its first situational report
January 2020
The World Health Organisation declares a pandemic.
30 January 2020
First case of Covid-19 confirmed in UK
31 January
Authorities confirm the first case of coronavirus in Wales, an individual who recently returned from holiday in Italy.
28 February
Wales has its first case of “community transmission”, when a patient in Caerphilly with no travel history tests positive for COVID-19.
11th March 2020
Wales has its first case of “community transmission”, when a patient in Caerphilly with no travel history tests positive for COVID-19.
11th March 2020
A patient at Wrexham Maelor Hospital tests positive for COVID-19 – the first case in North Wales.
12th March 2020
The Welsh Government’s Health Minister Vaughan Gething announces that all non-urgent outpatient appointments and operations will be suspended at hospitals in Wales, in a bid to delay the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
13 March 2020
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announces a £350bn package of emergency support to help the UK cope with the coronavirus.
17 March 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnston announces a UK-wide lockdown.
23 March 2020
Work begins on Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig – Dragon’s Heart Hospital in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
28 March 2020
Official information released in the first week of April suggested a 4-day doubling rate of presentations of COVID-19 to hospitals. Without intervention, this could have overwhelmed this system in under two weeks.
1 April 2020
The temporary Dragon’s Heart Hospital opens at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium to admit its first patients.
12 April 2020
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics indicate deaths in England and Wales have reached a twenty year high, with 18,500 deaths from all causes in the week up to 10 April, about
21 April 2020
The UK Prime Minister says at the daily press conference that “we are past the peak of this disease”.
30 April 2021
Test, Trace, Protect plan announced by Welsh Government.
13 May 2020
The four UK Chief Medical Officers issue an update to coronavirus symptoms to include loss of smell or taste.
18 May 2020
Contract tracing begins in Wales.
1 June 2020
A report on the factors influencing negative Covid-19 outcomes for individuals from BAME backgrounds is published by Welsh Government.
22 June 2020
A report on the factors influencing negative Covid-19 outcomes for individuals from BAME backgrounds is published by Welsh Government.
22 June 2020
Schools in Wales re-open. Children begin to return in a phased approach.
29 June 2020
Gradual easing of lockdown restrictions in Wales.
July 2020
£800m stabilisation package for NHS Wales announced by Welsh Government to help prepare for winter.
5 August 2020
The Minister for Health and Social Care, Vaughan Gething, announces the development of a winter protection plan.
7 August 2020
Lakeside Wing facility announced, following confirmation of the decommissioning of the Dragon’s Heart Hospital.
15 September 2020
Cardiff placed into local lockdown
27 September 2020
Two-week firebreak lockdown imposed across Wales
23 October 2020
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board formally leaved DHH
11 November 2020
Phase one of Lakeside Wing handed over to the Health Board.
25 November 2020
Days after the Pfizer vaccine is approved by the MHRA, the Mass Vaccination Programme in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan begins.
8 December 2020
Wales Placed into lockdown.
20 December 2020
The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is approved for use in the UK.
30 December 2020
Third Mass Vaccination Centre opens in Barry.
Early March 2021
Gradual easing of lockdown restrictions in Wales begins.Gradual easing of lockdown restrictions in Wales begins.
13 March 2021
Mass vaccination programme passes 200,000 vaccinations in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
17 March 2021
