O ganlyniad, rwy’n newid y canllawiau ar ryddhau cleifion o ysbytai, a hynny ar unwaith, fel y gall pobl sy’n cael prawf negatif am COVID-19, neu brawf gyda rhif Ct o 35 neu uwch, gael eu rhyddhau i fynd adref neu i leoliad gofal cymdeithasol. Rhaid i’r meini prawf eraill fod wedi’u bodloni hefyd er mwyn gwneud hyn, sef bod 14 diwrnod wedi mynd heibio ers y prawf positif diwethaf neu ddechrau’r symptomau, nad yw’r person wedi bod â thymheredd uchel ers tridiau, a bod gwelliant wedi bod mewn symptomau eraill. Y canllawiau o hyd yw y dylai cleifion sy’n heintus, ond nad oes angen gofal acíwt arnynt bellach, symud i gyfleuster cam-i-lawr ar gyfer y rhai sy’n heintus â COVID-19. Dyma’r drefn ar gyfer cleifion sydd wedi cael COVID-19. O ran cleifion pan nad oes tystiolaeth o COVID-19, bydd y gofynion presennol ar gyfer prawf negatif cyn eu rhyddhau a chyfnod ynysu yn parhau mewn grym, oherwydd y risg o ddal haint ar ôl cymryd y prawf.
For that reason I am changing the guidance on discharge with immediate effect so that people with a negative Covid test, or a test with a Ct number of 35 or above, may be discharged to home or a social care setting. This will be provided that the other criteria of 14 days having elapsed since the last positive test or onset of symptoms, the person having been free from fever for three days, and other symptoms having shown improvement, are all met. The guidance remains that patients who are infectious, but no longer need acute care, should move to a Covid-infectious step-down facility. This applies to patients who have had COVID-19; for patients who have not had evidence of COVID-19, the current requirements for a negative test prior to discharge and an isolation period will remain in place, to address the risk of acquiring infection after the test is taken.