Cafodd y cyngor gwarchod ei rewi ar 1 Ebrill 2021 ac ers hynny, mae pawb sydd ar y Rhestr Cleifion a Warchodir wedi cael eu cynghori i ddilyn yr un cyngor â’r boblogaeth gyffredinol. Mae’r Prif Swyddog Meddygol wedi awgrymu ers tro nad oedd ganddo unrhyw fwriad o ailgyflwyno’r cyngor gwarchod eto o ganlyniad i’r niwed cysylltiedig a’n dealltwriaeth well o sut i ddiogelu ein hunain. Y brechlyn yw’r prif amddiffyniad.
Shielding advice was paused on 1 April 2021 and since then, everyone on the Shielding Patient List has been advised to follow the same advice as the general population. The Chief Medical Officer has indicated for some time that he had no intention of reintroducing shielding advice again due to the associated harms and our better understanding of how to keep safe. The main protection has been vaccination.