Britain’s daily number of Covid-19 cases dropped today for the first time in a month as health officials announced 24,701 more infections amid hopes the second wave could finally be tailing off. Department of Health statistics show 26,688 positive coronavirus tests were added to the Government’s count last Wednesday. It means today is the first … Read more
Boris Johnson has been warned by his scientific advisers that the UK is facing a second wave of coronavirus even deadlier than the first as they urge the Prime Minister to impose tougher lockdown rules. The Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has presented the PM with projections which suggest the peak of the … Read more
UK announces 189 more coronavirus deaths as Sir Patrick Vallance claims up to 90,000 people could be getting infected every day in England – but he admits outbreak IS slowing Chief scientific officer today held TV briefing with Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak Showed slide estimating new daily cases in England could be 22,000 or … Read more
Coronavirus cases are being driven down because young people have been shocked into following lockdown rules, according to officials. The claim comes despite warnings of tens of thousands more deaths on the horizon with the number of infections among the elderly rapidly increasing. Matt Hancock yesterday chaired a ‘gold’ meeting on the pandemic, and was … Read more
A coronavirus vaccine could be available before the end of winter but the world should still be preparing to cope with Covid ‘for evermore’, a SAGE scientist said today. Epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds, who is part of the Government’s scientific advisory group, believes there is very little chance that coronavirus will be eradicated completely. But … Read more
As scientists race to develop a coronavirus vaccine to bring the world back to normal, MailOnline has taken a look at the prospective candidates. Vaccine trials were halted on Wednesday but it may still be ready this year The Oxford Vaccine When will it be ready?: The end of 2020/ early 2021. Despite the trials … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus crisis has fallen far short of the Government’s doomsday prediction of 50,000 cases a day by tomorrow, figures show. Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty, the country’s chief scientific and medical officers, made the bleak forecast last month as they urged Britons to abide by new lockdown curbs amid rising cases. Speaking at … Read more
Professors ‘Glum and Glummer’ Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance should be banned from Covid press briefings, says leading lawyer who warns the Government has been ‘captured’ by scientists Shanker Singham said return to press conferences would mean same mistakes Leading Brexit lawyer warned the Government has been ‘captured’ by scientists Last month, Professor Whitty and … Read more
Downing Street was panicked into a full national lockdown after its scientific advisers Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance were given doomsday mortality projections by Imperial College’s Neil Ferguson, an explosive new biography of Boris Johnson by investigative author Tom Bower reveals. Bower tells how a critical meeting of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) … Read more
Colder temperatures, less sunlight and more rain in the North and Scotland may be to blame for them suffering a worse hit from Britain’s second wave of coronavirus, scientists say. Boris Johnson and his top two scientific advisers last night wheeled out a set of striking statistics laying bare the Covid-19 divide across the UK, … Read more