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How will government decide what Tiers areas are put into? The government’s ‘Winter Plan’ set out a series of metrics that will be used to decide what Tiers areas fall into. They are: Case detection rates in all age groups; Case detection rates in the over 60s; The rate at which cases are rising or falling; … Read more
The exams regulator for England has dramatically suspended its criteria for students hoping to challenge their A-level grades on the basis of their results in mock exams. In a brief statement, Ofqual said the policy was ‘being reviewed’ by its board and that further information would be released ‘in due course’. No reason for the … Read more
US health officials have been conducting secret meetings with lawmakers, senators revealed at a Tuesday Appropriations Subcommittee meeting. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire criticized the secrecy of a briefing that had taken place earlier that morning, and said that her constituents were ‘concerned’ that they weren’t getting all the information that they needed about … Read more