Britain will be vulnerable to coronavirus for another two years but the illness should become as manageable as flu in the future, Chris Whitty claimed today. England’s chief medical officer said vaccine manufacturers were still struggling to get basic supplies distributed around the world and were not yet fully equipped to deal with new variants. … Read more
Britain’s ‘wall of vaccination’ against Covid is ‘leaky’ because jabs aren’t 100 per cent effective and millions have still yet to be fully inoculated, Professor Chris Whitty warned tonight. England’s chief medical officer acknowledged the wall — designed to stop the NHS from being overwhelmed and thousands from dying in the event of a third … Read more
Britain’s ‘wall of vaccination’ against Covid is ‘leaky’ because jabs aren’t 100 per cent effective and millions have still yet to be fully inoculated, Professor Chris Whitty warned tonight. England’s chief medical officer acknowledged the wall — designed to stop the NHS from being overwhelmed and thousands from dying in the event of a third … Read more
Arise, Sir Chris… Boris Johnson backs plans to knight Prof. Whitty for his ‘tireless’ work amid the pandemic The Chief Medical Officer is likely to be put forward for the honour at the end of this year to recognise his ‘dedicated service’ during the coronavirus pandemic A Cabinet source has said Mr Johnson favours his … Read more
Chris Whitty and Jonathan Van-Tam ‘urge expansion of the red list to stop Covid variants arriving in UK from Europe’ – as Priti Patel says tough border measures could last ALL summer France is of particular concern because it has a large presence of mutant strains But the majority of people crossing the Channel are … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight gave a humble assessment of the early days of the government’s coronavirus response – admitting it had been like fighting ‘in the dark’. At a sombre Downing Street briefing to mark the anniversary of the first lockdown, the PM tried to strike an optimistic note about the prospects for getting back to normal, … Read more
‘Chicken man’ was left running the country for weeks: How Boris Johnson’s ex aide Lee Cain took charge after Covid turned No 10 into a ‘plague pit’ as it spread through heart of government Insiders have shed light on the wide-spread impact of the coronavirus at No 10 At its worst, aides reportedly turned to … Read more
Downing Street is under growing pressure to spell out how much taxpayers’ money was spent on the Government’s 30-minute documentary on the UK’s coronavirus vaccine roll-out. Critics have labelled the video, entitled ‘A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story’, a piece of ‘expensive government propaganda’ after a trailer for the film was unveiled. Number 10 … Read more
Boris Johnson was today accused of funding ‘expensive government propaganda’ after unveiling a dramatic trailer for a 30-minute film entitled ‘A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story’. Slickly-produced and set to dramatic music, the 50-second preview clip features interviews with government scientific advisers including Jonathan Van-Tam, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty. Critics accused Number … Read more
Labour has slammed Downing Street for spending taxpayers’ money for a ‘propaganda’ documentary about the vaccine roll out. No10 shared a dramatic trailer for the official documentary on Britain’s race for a Covid-19 jab, titled A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story. Set to intense music, the 50-second advert features clips from interviews with … Read more