Confirmed: Caerphilly, Risca,Blackwood etc Lockdown

What a lot of people are missing is the fact that people in the Caerphilly area have abused the social distancing rules. I know of many circumstances where people have just been totally ignoring all the basics.
Its very simple keep your social distance and good hand hygiene and the rest takes care of itself. I think Caerphilly has brought this on itself and the rest of the country needs to sit up and pay attention SIMPLE

Lol what a load of bollocks

Testing in Caerphilly is up due to a mobile testing station, more tests are going to show more infections it’s quite simple maths

I’d argue that other areas of wales have higher rates but because testing numbers are down no one bats and eyelid

More tests don't show more infections, unless the people they are testing have the virus?

Logic tells me there is more testing because there aremore people with the virus, they are not random testing the whole of Caerphilly are they?

How can you put Caerphilly in lock down but the pubs / restaurants are allowed to stay open what a joke!

From 6pm tomorrow as a resident of Caerphilly I can't meet my family in my home, but wait a minute, I can go down the pub to see them.

As Drakeford likes to say "This is how we do it in Wales".

This needs to happen but how on earth can our Government let pubs / restaurants stay open.

No you cant!! You can only meet with people from your your own household in a pub in caerphilly after 6pm tonight. So the Welsh Government strategy makes sense. However, if the rules are not followed then pubs will be closed.

So I can't go to a pub in Caerphilly and sit socially distanced from my family

Only family that live in your house!
Meeting people from outside your extended household "granny ect" indoors remains banned... that's the rule... but can meet friends as long as social distance in pub/restaurant

It's all a load of bollocks.

I live in the borough and its been no different here to ANYWHERE else in the UK.

We just had a couple of cases and every man and his f*cking dog decided to go and get tested hence the rise and why it will rise again, cos of the testing not because its suddenly here, its always been here and everywhere.

Sorry if my tone seems a little off, its just done my head right in.

I get what you are saying mate but surely more people are getting tested because they have symptoms or have been near someone with a positive test, in other areas maybe they are not having a test for the opposite reasons?

Caerphilly residents are going on mass for testing! symptoms or not it's just panic stations which suits WG as people more likely obey their commands...

Ok that paints a different picture, maye all of Wales has a lot of virus in the Community?

It's all a load of bollocks.

I live in the borough and its been no different here to ANYWHERE else in the UK.

We just had a couple of cases and every man and his f*cking dog decided to go and get tested hence the rise and why it will rise again, cos of the testing not because its suddenly here, its always been here and everywhere.

Sorry if my tone seems a little off, its just done my head right in.

I get what you are saying mate but surely more people are getting tested because they have symptoms or have been near someone with a positive test, in other areas maybe they are not having a test for the opposite reasons?

Caerphilly residents are going on mass for testing! symptoms or not it's just panic stations which suits WG as people more likely obey their commands...

Ok that paints a different picture, maye all of Wales has a lot of virus in the Community?

If you go by WG figures here in pembs there is only a couple of positive cases around 1 or 2 a week if that in past month or more despite 100s of thousands of visitors over past few months...... in st davids we average around 3k visitors a day normally.... this year its double that probably and cant recall one positive case so far! But I'm sure if did level of testing that is in caerphilly there will be fair few positive results.... on side note reason figures are high is because they are targeted testing in high risk areas which means more positive results which is a no brainer really...

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It's all a load of bollocks.

I live in the borough and its been no different here to ANYWHERE else in the UK.

We just had a couple of cases and every man and his f*cking dog decided to go and get tested hence the rise and why it will rise again, cos of the testing not because its suddenly here, its always been here and everywhere.

Sorry if my tone seems a little off, its just done my head right in.

I get what you are saying mate but surely more people are getting tested because they have symptoms or have been near someone with a positive test, in other areas maybe they are not having a test for the opposite reasons?

I wish that was the case mate but people have just been spooked now and are turning up em masse symptoms are not. 3 hour tail backs and talk of running out of kits such is the high level of testing. Lots of the positive tests are people with no symptoms but getting themselves tested and finding out they have had it, possibly been in their system months like a lot of us probably have.

Testing stations cannot cope now. Come the winter when people get a cold, cough and the like Gawd elp us.

Testing stations cannot cope now. Come the winter when people get a cold, cough and the like Gawd elp us.

This will just reinforce drakefords stance and decision to lockdown caerphilly..

Coronavirus: Caerphilly county lockdown to go into October

Wales' first local lockdown will last until at least October, the health minister has said.

From 18:00 BST on Tuesday no-one will be allowed to leave Caerphilly county without good reason.

Vaughan Gething said new restrictions on the 181,000 people living in the county would last for weeks, at least into October.

Family and friends living apart will no longer be able to meet indoors, stay overnight, or form extended households.

It comes after a spike in cases, with 98 people testing positive in a week.

The Welsh Government said, with 55.4 coronavirus cases per 100,000 population, the county had the highest rate in Wales and one of the highest in the UK.

Coronavirus: Caerphilly county lockdown to go into October

Wales' first local lockdown will last until at least October, the health minister has said.

From 18:00 BST on Tuesday no-one will be allowed to leave Caerphilly county without good reason.

Vaughan Gething said new restrictions on the 181,000 people living in the county would last for weeks, at least into October.

Family and friends living apart will no longer be able to meet indoors, stay overnight, or form extended households.

It comes after a spike in cases, with 98 people testing positive in a week.

The Welsh Government said, with 55.4 coronavirus cases per 100,000 population, the county had the highest rate in Wales and one of the highest in the UK.

Incorrectly they and the Welsh government are saying "reasonable excuse".


They should mean a "reason".

Obviously the WAG got stakes in Caerphilly pubs cos you can go to them.

What a lot of people are missing is the fact that people in the Caerphilly area have abused the social distancing rules. I know of many circumstances where people have just been totally ignoring all the basics.
Its very simple keep your social distance and good hand hygiene and the rest takes care of itself. I think Caerphilly has brought this on itself and the rest of the country needs to sit up and pay attention SIMPLE

Lol what a load of bollocks

Testing in Caerphilly is up due to a mobile testing station, more tests are going to show more infections it’s quite simple maths

I’d argue that other areas of wales have higher rates but because testing numbers are down no one bats and eyelid

More tests don't show more infections, unless the people they are testing have the virus?

Logic tells me there is more testing because there aremore people with the virus, they are not random testing the whole of Caerphilly are they?

logic..... i think logic went out of the widow when you said more tests do not produce more infections , they do result in more positive tests because the majority who get this virus are asymptomatic.. well at least thats what medical experts and governments have all been saying....and infact why they ramped up the testing...

It's all a load of bollocks.

I live in the borough and its been no different here to ANYWHERE else in the UK.

We just had a couple of cases and every man and his f*cking dog decided to go and get tested hence the rise and why it will rise again, cos of the testing not because its suddenly here, its always been here and everywhere.

Sorry if my tone seems a little off, its just done my head right in.

I get what you are saying mate but surely more people are getting tested because they have symptoms or have been near someone with a positive test, in other areas maybe they are not having a test for the opposite reasons?

I wish that was the case mate but people have just been spooked now and are turning up em masse symptoms are not. 3 hour tail backs and talk of running out of kits such is the high level of testing. Lots of the positive tests are people with no symptoms but getting themselves tested and finding out they have had it, possibly been in their system months like a lot of us probably have.

looking at those queues your gonna be under this lockdown for some time mate..

I live in the area and to be in lockdown really is wrong. You can go to work and go to the pub but you cant visit your parents. People really have to wake up and see this for what it really is.
We should be protesting about this not BLM crap, and I'm in if there is a protest as we have to put an end to this utter nonsense of what the powers of this world are doing to people and our children.
I have had this view from day one and done some research to back up these ideas. Not everyone will agree but we need to ask questions now.

I live in the area and to be in lockdown really is wrong. You can go to work and go to the pub but you cant visit your parents. People really have to wake up and see this for what it really is.
We should be protesting about this not BLM crap, and I'm in if there is a protest as we have to put an end to this utter nonsense of what the powers of this world are doing to people and our children.
I have had this view from day one and done some research to back up these ideas. Not everyone will agree but we need to ask questions now.

One minute they're claiming people going to pubs and not social distancing causing spike ...now they are saying its caused by socialising in the home hence families cannot meet inside their homes... someone make their minds up!

It’s bullshit. I don’t think many people with adhere to the new rules
Police will have their hands full this weekend.

I live in the area and to be in lockdown really is wrong. You can go to work and go to the pub but you cant visit your parents. People really have to wake up and see this for what it really is.
We should be protesting about this not BLM crap, and I'm in if there is a protest as we have to put an end to this utter nonsense of what the powers of this world are doing to people and our children.
I have had this view from day one and done some research to back up these ideas. Not everyone will agree but we need to ask questions now.

Good old Charlie

A twist of fate, but the avatar shows why youre in lockdown Charlie.. protesting against the Govt, or the people not following the advice..

I live in the area and to be in lockdown really is wrong. You can go to work and go to the pub but you cant visit your parents. People really have to wake up and see this for what it really is.
We should be protesting about this not BLM crap, and I'm in if there is a protest as we have to put an end to this utter nonsense of what the powers of this world are doing to people and our children.
I have had this view from day one and done some research to back up these ideas. Not everyone will agree but we need to ask questions now.

Good old Charlie

Good to see you Philly

The Welsh Government felt it had little option but to introduce a local lockdown in Caerphilly county, because of a dramatic rise in the coronavirus case rate - the proportion of cases to the population.

Not quite as startling, but still significant, has been the case rate rises in Rhondda Cynon Taff and Merthyr Tydfil.

But public health experts won't just be looking at those figures, they are also looking at how many tests are coming back positive.

The average in Wales over the last week has been 2.5%, but in Caerphilly it's more than double that - 5.1%

In RCT currently, about three tests in every 100 come back positive. That's actually that's lower than Newport.

But if we look at Merthyr Tydfil, 6% of tests are coming back positive, so no wonder alarm bells are ringing.

I believe if that was replicated across Wales, we might be back to a blanket lockdown.

As it stands, it seems almost inevitable there will be more restrictions as time goes on.

But they might be different, depending on local circumstances.

The message health officials are trying to stress at the moment is, wherever you live, is if you want to avoid a form of local lockdown, be careful, observe social distancing and take the coronavirus risk seriously.

One observation, Boris got slated for not locking down earlier, allow big events to go ahead, crowds in football, horse racing etc, now Drakeford is doing mini lockdowns early and people don't want it?

Don't get me wrong Drakeford is a clown, but I don't think any of them can do anything, without many people saying they are doing it wrong.

One observation, Boris got slated for not locking down earlier, allow big events to go ahead, crowds in football, horse racing etc, now Drakeford is doing mini lockdowns early and people don't want it?

Don't get me wrong Drakeford is a clown, but I don't think any of them can do anything, without many people saying they are doing it wrong.

Welcome to politics.

I live in the area and to be in lockdown really is wrong. You can go to work and go to the pub but you cant visit your parents. People really have to wake up and see this for what it really is.
We should be protesting about this not BLM crap, and I'm in if there is a protest as we have to put an end to this utter nonsense of what the powers of this world are doing to people and our children.
I have had this view from day one and done some research to back up these ideas. Not everyone will agree but we need to ask questions now.

I agree, how many deaths in Wales? Hardly any? How many even in hospital? This is getting stupid now. Something is up.
People’s livelihoods ruined due to a few young idiots going out? Yeah right no problem.....

I live in the area and to be in lockdown really is wrong. You can go to work and go to the pub but you cant visit your parents. People really have to wake up and see this for what it really is.
We should be protesting about this not BLM crap, and I'm in if there is a protest as we have to put an end to this utter nonsense of what the powers of this world are doing to people and our children.
I have had this view from day one and done some research to back up these ideas. Not everyone will agree but we need to ask questions now.

I agree, how many deaths in Wales? Hardly any? How many even in hospital? This is getting stupid now. Something is up.
People’s livelihoods ruined due to a few young idiots going out? Yeah right no problem.....

i dont think he is getting at youngsters behaving normally mate..
in fact the exact opposite....