Sir Patrick Vallance

Boris Johnson unveils his plan to get Britain back to work

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Boris Johnson today announced he is aiming for life in the UK to return to something close to normal by Christmas as he said workers will be encouraged to stop working from home from August. The Prime Minister today used a Downing Street press conference to set out his timetable for the further easing of … Read more

Boris Johnson unveils his plan to get Britain back to work

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Boris Johnson today set out the next phase of his plan to get life in the UK back to normal amid claims he may have watered down his strategy to rip up work from home rules after the bombshell intervention of his top science expert.  The Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference to unveil a … Read more

Coronavirus outcome in the UK has not been good, Sir Patrick Vallance admits

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‘There is NO reason to stop working from home’: Boris’s own science chief torpedoes PM’s efforts to get Brits back to the office, says lockdown should have been a WEEK earlier and says government ‘made mistakes’ Sir Patrick Vallance said ‘absolutely no reason’ to change work from home rules  Sir Patrick said that UK ‘still … Read more

Coronavirus outcome in the UK has not been good, Sir Patrick Vallance admits

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Coronavirus outcome in the UK has not been good, Sir Patrick Vallance admits and advice on face masks hasn’t changed since April — despite government only NOW making them mandatory in shops By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 15:41 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 15:50 BST, 16 July 2020 England’s chief … Read more

Second wave of Covid-19 this winter could lead to more than 120,000 extra deaths, scientists warn

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A second wave of coronavirus this winter could result in 120,000 hospital deaths, scientists warn. Action must be taken now to mitigate the ‘reasonable worst case scenario’ which would see the NHS overwhelmed, the Academy of Medical Sciences says. The grim forecast – which does not include care home deaths – was commissioned by the … Read more

Second wave of Covid-19 this winter could lead to more than 120,000 extra deaths, scientists warn

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A second wave of coronavirus this winter could result in 120,000 hospital deaths, scientists warn. Action must be taken now to mitigate the ‘reasonable worst case scenario’ which would see the NHS overwhelmed, the Academy of Medical Sciences says. The grim forecast – which does not include care home deaths – was commissioned by the … Read more

UK could face 120,000 hospital deaths this winter from second Covid-19 wave

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More than 120,000 Britons could die from Covid-19 in hospital this winter, ministers have been warned. Leading academics were asked to predict a ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’ of how a second wave of coronavirus could hit Britain by Number 10’s chief scientist Sir Patrick Vallance. The group — from the Academy of Medical Sciences — found … Read more

Coronavirus: Risk of infection from eating meat is ‘very low’

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The risk of catching the coronavirus from eating meat is ‘very low’, Sir Patrick Vallance assured Britons today after a third food factory in Wales was hit by a Covid-19 outbreak.  Number 10’s chief scientific adviser said food safety officials who looked ‘carefully’ at whether meat is a vector ruled the risk was slim. Dismissing … Read more

Coronavirus: Risk of infection from eating meat is ‘very low’

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The risk of catching the coronavirus from eating meat is ‘very low’, Sir Patrick Vallance assured Britons today after a third food factory in Wales was hit by a Covid-19 outbreak.  Number 10’s chief scientific adviser said food safety officials who looked ‘carefully’ at whether meat is a vector ruled the risk was slim. Dismissing … Read more