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Neither Professor Chris Whitty or Sir Patrick Vallance were asked to approve Number 10’s Government’s confusing ‘stay alert’ message, it was claimed today. The ‘stay alert, control the virus, save lives’ slogan was unveiled on Sunday, replacing the ‘stay at home’ message that was in place since lockdown on March 23. But the top experts … Read more
Britain should have done mass coronavirus testing on the public at the beginning of the crisis and carried it on, the Government’s chief scientist has said. Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific adviser to Downing Street, admitted yesterday that it ‘would have been beneficial’ to get a handle on testing faster. When the first cases … Read more
Government insists it took catastrophic decision to stop testing and tracing coronavirus on March 12 to focus on preparing the NHS for disaster – as Number 10’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance admits UK FAILED to ramp up testing quick enough By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 10:05 BST, 6 May … Read more
New ‘test, track and trace’ app CAN stop second winter coronavirus peak, claims Sir Patrick Vallance Sir Patrick told MPs the new contact-tracing app could help stop a second peak Told Health Select Committee ‘optimistic’ the app can keep cases under control He also told MPs spread of coronavirus was different in different parts of … Read more
Second deadly coronavirus peak CAN be stopped with UK’s new ‘test, track and trace’ app says chief scientific advisor Sir Patrick Vallance Sir Patrick told MPs the new contact-tracing app could help stop a second peak Sir Patrick told MPs spread of coronavirus was different in different parts of UK He said densely populated places … Read more
Face masks will have some benefit in halting the spread of the coronavirus in post-lockdown Britain, Number 10’s chief scientific adviser today said. Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs that masks could have a ‘marginal but positive’ impact on curbing transmission of the life-threatening infection. But ‘coverings of some sort might do’, he said in front of … Read more
Just 273 out of 18 MILLION arrivals to the UK before coronavirus lockdown were quarantined – as top scientist reveals Britain got a ‘big influx’ of coronavirus from people who were allowed to return unchecked from hotspots in Italy and Spain Mapping of the Covid-19 genome shows UK cases come from all over the world … Read more
Recovering from coronavirus ‘almost certainly’ WON’T stop people from getting it AGAIN, warns top science adviser Sir Patrick Vallance He told MPs the vast majority of survivors will get ‘some degree of protection’ But told Commons Health Committee it was not absolute barrier to reinfection Warned survivors might be able to pass it to others … Read more
HENRY DEEDES: Boris Johnson and the Boffins were back — and the trio had some new material! By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 23:28 BST, 30 April 2020 The old band was back together. Boris And The Boffins finally reunited yesterday, their month-long absence from the … Read more
HENRY DEEDES: Boris Johnson and the Boffins were back — and the trio had some new material! By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 23:28 BST, 30 April 2020 The old band was back together. Boris And The Boffins finally reunited yesterday, their month-long absence from the … Read more