Sir Mark Walport, SAGE adviser and former chief scientific adviser to the Government Brits should not hug other people until coronavirus case numbers are ‘very, very low’ and lower than they are now, a SAGE adviser has warned. Sir Mark Walport, who used to do Sir Patrick Vallance’s job as the UK’s chief scientific adviser, … 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
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
The Government has unveiled a dramatic trailer for an official documentary about Britain’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout, called: ‘A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story’. Set to intense music, the 50-second advert features clips from interviews with leading UK scientists Jonathan Van-Tam, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty. Professor Van-Tam describes Britain as having been … Read more
The Government has unveiled a dramatic trailer for an official documentary about Britain’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout, called: ‘A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story’. Set to intense music, the 50-second advert features clips from interviews with leading UK scientists Jonathan Van-Tam, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty. Mr Van-Tam described Britain as having been … Read more
Chris Whitty warns ‘a lot more people will die’ if lockdown is lifted early amid calls to drop restrictions sooner – as he and Patrick Vallance warn a third wave is inevitable later this year By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor and Sam Blanchard Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:45 GMT, 9 March 2021 … Read more
Sir Patrick Vallance today said it was too early too draw conclusions from Israel’s vaccination drive after alarm that hospitalisations have not yet dropped. Israel is currently leading the global vaccination drive, with nearly 39 per cent of its citizens having had at least a single dose of a jab so far. However, infection and … Read more
The South African coronavirus mutation poses a ‘significant re-infection risk’ and could overpower vaccines, new research has found. The strains discovered in Britain, South Africa and Brazil all have mutations of a spike protein, which enables the virus to latch onto human cells and therefore plays a key role in driving infections. But it is one … Read more