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An official graph laying out coronavirus outbreaks across the country suggests there are parts of the North of England and Midlands that could be ‘de-escalated’ in January. The chart, published by Public Health England, shows that some parts of the country are seeing the fastest falls in infection rate and health bosses are monitoring their … Read more
How close is YOUR area to moving up or down the Covid tiers? Government graph shows how infection rates vary across England as officials say ‘continued improvement’ may mean parts of the North are de-escalated in the New Year Public Health England graph shows sliding scale of infection rates with a clear divide between tiers … Read more
The Government and its scientific advisers were lambasted today for using ‘dodgy coronavirus data’ to justify a devastating second lockdown. Tory MPs warned SAGE’s doomsday predictions had eerie echoes of the controversial dossier that sent Britain to war with Iraq. It emerged last night a graph claiming England would see up to 1,500 deaths a day by … Read more
Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty have said they ‘regret’ frightening people with a doomsday dossier that forecast 4,000 Covid-19 deaths a day over winter and was used to justify a second national lockdown. The chief scientific and medical officers made the comments today as they were hauled before MPs to defend SAGE’s modelling that … Read more
A graph showed during the Prime Minister’s address saying Britain will have 4,000 deaths a day by December was ‘proven to be incorrect’ and ‘four weeks out of date’, an Oxford University scientist has warned. Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Carl Heneghan said mathematically the document should not have been used to justify the … Read more
The Victorian government is considering fresh lockdown measures as the state is swamped by a second wave of coronavirus. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton today said he would recommend ‘anything necessary’ to stop the spread after 75 new cases were reported on Monday. The last time Victoria recorded that many cases was on 31 March … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Coronavirus in numbers: Graph from Government’s scientific experts show why social distancing is best way to beat the disease SAGE believes that Social Distancing will reduce peak infections by 60 percent The Government’s scientific experts think that Social Distancing for people over 65 will reduce the death rate from infections by up to 35 percent … Read more