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Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas ordered mandatory evacuations of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities starting at 6 a.m.

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Ms Thomas told AMs she expected care homes to be "staffed properly at all times" but that ultimately it was a matter for each independent home.

BBC: Health and Social Care Committee

Ms Thomas told AMs that 86 per cent of care homes in Wales were privately run and insisted the Welsh government wanted to get that figure down but warned it "would not happen overnight".

BBC: Health and Social Care Committee