It comes as some Welsh boards postpone routine surgery and halt some visits as Covid cases rise.
in north Wales announced on Friday it was suspending routine operations and halted most hospital visits.at its facilities in Merthyr Tydfil, Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taf.there could be "100 new Covid-19 hospital admissions" every day in Wales by the end of September as that is when experts expect the Delta-variant infection to peak.
The Covid infection rate in Wales has risen to 522.7 cases for every 100,000 people - the highest since December last year - and Merthyr Tydfil now has the UK's 15th highest infection rate. Across Wales, there has been a 35% rise in the number of patients in hospital over the last seven days.People will not need vaccine passports to access public services in Wales, the first minister says
However, with almost 70% of Welsh adults now fully vaccinated, the number of people in hospital with the virus is three times less than at the height of the second Covid wave in December and January. "Compared to the last 18 months, we may be lulled into thinking we are back to normal," said the Hywel Dda chairwoman.She said 18 months of battling against the pandemic had come with "fear and personal sacrifices" for teams at hospitals like the major centres at Haverfordwest, Carmarthen and Aberystwyth."During this time, we have also seen a higher level of sickness absence than usual, which is compounded by a high number of vacant nursing posts in Hywel Dda.
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