The Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister has broadly welcomed the announcement that a new raft of shielding letters has been issued.

Angela Burns AM said:

“This is good news for people who may have been concerned over whether they should or should not be shielding during the lockdown.

“Ideally, it would have been done earlier, although I accept that these are unique circumstances, and so I encourage people here in Wales to make sure that they approach their GP if they think they have been missed and should be shielding."