WREXHAM Council have spoken out over the recent coronavirus outbreak.

Chief executive, Ian Bancroft, and leader of the council, cllr Mark Pritchard, issued words of advice to the public amid to them possibly feeling anxious about the unprecedented challenge the world is facing.

They said: "We share your anxiety.

"We know these are frightening and uncertain times for everyone, and it’s important we work together – as people, communities and organisations – to get past this.

"As a council, we’re trying to balance the welfare and needs of our staff – so they can stay safe and continue to deliver public services – with the welfare and needs of our residents and the communities we serve.

"We’ve put together the following information to help you understand what we’re doing to achieve this balance, and to reiterate the advice being shared by the UK Government and health services.

"Please do everything you can to stay safe and help others."

The council assured residents that they will continue to be kept them informed by signposting official sources of information via their website and social media, which include daily TV statements by the Government (including by the Prime Minister) and daily official briefings from the Department of Health and Social Care at 2pm, and Public Health Wales at 3pm

They will then be circulating recent advice to head teachers, care workers and key workers, as well as the wider public.

They state that they are doing this because it is important that people receive a single, consistent message to avoid confusion, and it is not appropriate for them to issue their own, separate advice, unless it relates specifically to council services and events in the county borough.

For further information, visit news.wrexham.gov.uk