The leader of Pembrokeshire County Council says “now is not the time to slacken our resolve” as he re-emphasised the need to stay home to protect from coronavirus.

Councillor David Simpson gave his daily update on Monday, April 6 and said: “I want to take this opportunity to re-emphasise a point made by both UK and Welsh governments. We are about two-thirds into the initial three-week period of the extraordinary measures introduced to protect us from coronavirus and to save lives.

“However, now is not the time to slacken our resolve to do the things which are making a difference, namely – staying at home; avoiding all unnecessary contacts and keeping a safe distance from one another.”

He added that he was aware of concern about visitors to the area, normally “warmly welcome.”

“But now is not the time: we will do so again when this is all over.

“The police continue to operate high visibility patrols and there has been a huge drop in traffic-flow on our roads including over the weekend.

“I am pleased to report that monitoring – including across car parks – appears to confirm that, in general, there has been good compliance with the message to stay at home.

“I reiterate, now is not the time for complacency and we must all heed the call to adhere to Government advice including to stay at home and wash our hands regularly and thoroughly.”

How updates and messages are communicated to older people or those without the internet is being considered by the local authority.