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SAGE warned only mandatory hotel quarantine for all UK travellers would ‘come close’ to to stop new strains entering the country, it has emerged. In a recommendation made on January 21, Government scientists said anything other than a ‘complete closure of borders’ or isolating every visitor in designated facilities would be took weak. SAGE’s unusually frank … Read more
The Government should not lift brutal lockdown restrictions until England is recording fewer than 1,000 cases a day, Jeremy Hunt has said. The Ex-Health Secretary urged ministers to take a cautious approach, adding the new variants have ‘changed the game’ from before Christmas. Department of Health figures show 18,500 cases were announced in England yesterday, … Read more
The Government should not lift brutal lockdown restrictions until England is recording fewer than 1,000 cases a day, Jeremy Hunt has said. The Ex-Health Secretary urged ministers to take a cautious approach, adding the new variants have ‘changed the game’ from before Christmas. Department of Health figures show 18,500 cases were announced in England yesterday, … Read more
Covid cases in England have plummeted by 41 per cent in the last fortnight, according to Test and Trace figures as pressure on NHS intensive care units has started to ease for the first time since the second wave took off. The contact tracing programme reported 196,257 positive tests in the week up to January 27, down … Read more
Pressure on NHS intensive care has started to ease for the first time since the second wave of coronavirus took off and Test and Trace data shows cases of the disease are down 41 per cent in a fortnight. All key metrics now indicate the darkest days of the winter crisis are behind us, with the … Read more
All but three local authorities in England saw coronavirus infections fall last week and cases in care homes dropped by a third, official figures show — as pressure on NHS intensive care units starts to ease for the first time since the winter wave took off. Public Health England data published today reveal 146 out … Read more
Pressure on NHS intensive care has started to ease for the first time since the second wave of coronavirus took off and Test and Trace data shows cases of the disease are down 41 per cent in a fortnight. All key metrics now indicate the darkest days of the winter crisis are behind us, with the … Read more
There is confusion over when Britain will announce plans for quarantine hotels, after Downing Street denied claims made by Boris Johnson that an update was due tomorrow. Speaking at today’s press briefing, the prime minister said Matt Hancock would lay out plans tomorrow, but Downing Street have now said that was a ‘misunderstanding’. Earlier today … Read more
There is confusion over when Britain will announce plans for quarantine hotels, after Downing Street denied claims made by Boris Johnson that an update was due tomorrow. Speaking at today’s press briefing, the prime minister said Matt Hancock would lay out plans tomorrow, but Downing Street have now said that was a ‘misunderstanding’. Earlier today … Read more
Oxford’s Covid vaccine could save tens of thousands of lives because it can cut the likelihood of catching coronavirus and passing it on by around two thirds, scientists say. Modelling produced by SAGE members from Warwick University predicted that more than 150,000 more people could die in 2021 if lockdown rules were lifted in March … Read more