The head of Britain’s Vaccine Taskforce has been slammed for revealing secret government plans on potential vaccines to financiers at an American venture capital conference. Kate Bingham, a venture capitalist who is married to a Conservative Treasury minister, spent an hour talking about the UK government’s Covid strategy to a ‘premier webinar and networking event’ … Read more
The head of Britain’s Vaccine Taskforce has been slammed for revealing secret government plans on potential vaccines to financiers at an American venture capital conference. Kate Bingham, a venture capitalist who is married to a Conservative Treasury minister, spent an hour talking about the UK government’s Covid strategy to a ‘premier webinar and networking event’ … Read more
Councillor who co-chaired taskforce into BAME covid deaths is under investigation for ‘flouting social distancing guidelines at indoor gathering’ Photos seen online allegedly show cllr Mohammed Yaseen Hussain at gathering The pictures show a number of men sitting close to each other in a private home Sandwell Council has confirmed it is examining a complaint … Read more
A coronavirus jab might not provide full immunity against the disease, the head of Britain’s vaccine task force warned today. Kate Bingham told MPs she was confident the world would have some form of Covid-19 vaccine by early 2021. But she said she was less optimistic that the jab could protect against catching the infection and … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the American people have to be ‘warriors’ as he tried to justify his push to reopen the economy and gain popular support for it in the teeth of polls suggesting most think it is too soon. Asked if Americans will have to accept the idea that by reopening there will … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the decision to disband his coronavirus task force despite 70,000 Americans dying and infections rates still headed upward. ‘We can’t keep our country closed for the next five years. You could say there might be a recurrence and there might be,’ Trump said, when pressed about his decision to … Read more
Members of the White House coronavirus task force that has drawn worldwide attention amid the outbreak are being told it is ‘winding down’ even as the number of U.S. deaths and infections are projected to rise. The task force, which was put under the domain of Vice President Mike Pence only to have President Donald Trump take … Read more
British volunteers could be given the first dose of a potential coronavirus vaccine within the next week, leading researchers say. University of Oxford scientists are confident they can get a protective jab for the incurable disease rolled out for millions to use by autumn. They hope to have a candidate ready for clinical trials soon, … Read more
Donald Trump signals support for creating a SECOND coronavirus taskforce to look into the reopening of the economy President Trump tweeted that it was a ‘good idea!’ to form a second coronavirus taskforce to come up with a plan to reopen the economy The president was responding to a Friday tweet from Dana Perino, the … Read more
Jared Kushner’s taskforce is like ‘a frat party’ which descended from a UFO says official as president’s son-in-law brags publicly that he knows better than governors what is needed and says stockpile is ‘not states’ it’s ours’ Kushner has taken a leading role in the administration’s coronavirus response Some complain Trump son-in-law’s presence adds a … Read more