SAGE scientist to urges people to follow rules so England comes out of lockdown on December 2 

The next two weeks will be ‘absolutely crucial’ in ensuring that England’s coronavirus lockdown ends as planned on December 2, a Government scientific adviser has warned. Professor Susan Michie, a member of the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), urged the public to resist breaking current rules, to ‘be in a position’ to spend … Read more

Schools are to blame for more than a thousand outbreaks of coronavirus since September

Children don’t spread the virus like teachers do A Public Health England analysis found 70 children out of 1.6million who had returned to school in June tested positive for Covid-19.  Another 128 members of staff tested positive. And only 30 outbreaks were confirmed at 23,400 reopened schools (0.01 per cent). The analysis, published on August … Read more

Coronavirus: SAGE warns England’s three-tier system may not be enough after lockdown

Family Christmases are still in jeopardy unless social distancing rules are toughened up after England’s second lockdown, a sub-group of SAGE has warned. The Government’s scientific advisory group told ministers last week that returning to the same three-tier local system after lockdown will just take England back to where it was when the second wave … Read more

Coronavirus: SAGE warns England’s three-tier system may not be enough after lockdown

Family Christmases are still in jeopardy unless social distancing rules are toughened up after England’s second lockdown, a sub-group of SAGE has warned. The Government’s scientific advisory group told ministers last week that returning to the same three-tier local system after lockdown will just take England back to where it was when the second wave … Read more

Britons could be told to ‘self-quarantine’ for two weeks in January

By Vanessa Chalmers for the MailOnline   Frisbee throwing competitions and dog shows could help keep the nation’s morale up during the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said. In advice given to ministers, top scientists also recommended drive-in movies and showing sports on big screens because people can stay socially distanced. It comes as England was this … Read more

Britons could be told to ‘self-quarantine’ for two weeks in January

By Vanessa Chalmers for the MailOnline   Frisbee throwing competitions and dog shows could help keep the nation’s morale up during the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said. In advice given to ministers, top scientists also recommended drive-in movies and showing sports on big screens because people can stay socially distanced. It comes as England was this … Read more

Covid UK: SAGE lists lockdown-friendly activities to keep up morale

Frisbee throwing competitions and dog shows could help keep the nation’s morale up during the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said. In advice given to ministers, top scientists also recommended drive-in movies and showing sports on big screens because people can stay socially distanced. It comes as England was this week thrust into a second lockdown, … Read more

Covid UK: SAGE lists lockdown-friendly activities to keep up morale

Frisbee throwing competitions and dog shows could help keep the nation’s morale up during the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said. In advice given to ministers, top scientists also recommended drive-in movies and showing sports on big screens because people can stay socially distanced. It comes as England was this week thrust into a second lockdown, … Read more

Fury over ‘dodgy dossier of Covid models’ after doomsday graph which predicted 1,500 daily deaths

The Government and its scientific advisers were lambasted today for using ‘dodgy coronavirus data’ to justify a devastating second lockdown. Tory MPs warned SAGE’s doomsday predictions – wheeled out by Boris Johnson on Saturday night to announce the draconian measures – had echoes of the controversial dossier that sent Britain to war with Iraq.    It emerged last … Read more