The chair of the government’s Sage board has backed Boris Johnson’s decision to ease lockdown measures after one professor claimed there was a risk to changing the rules now. Sir Patrick Vallance, who heads up the advisory board of scientists guiding the government through this pandemic, backed Mr Johnson’s decision by saying it is up … Read more
Britain still has a ‘significant burden of infection’, the Government’s top scientist warned as statistics show the coronavirus crisis has barely changed in a week. The chief scientific adviser to the Government, Sir Patrick Vallance, urged the country not to get carried away with the news that lockdown is loosening. In a short speech that … Read more
The body claims not to affiliate with any political party in a bid to maintain ‘independence’, but members of the NEU executive have repeatedly backed the policies of Jeremy Corbyn.
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
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
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
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: 22:18 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
Britain’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, has revealed he and other senior scientists warned politicians ‘very early on’ about the risk COVID-19 posed to care homes. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has been meeting approximately twice a week since its first coronavirus discussion on January 22. Sir Patrick, who chairs the group … Read more