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One of Public Health England’s top advisers has accused the Government of doing ‘science by press release’ by announcing things without telling its scientists. Dr Susan Hopkins, who has appeared alongside senior ministers in Downing Street press conferences throughout the pandemic, vented her frustration in leaked emails seen by Politico. The email came in the … Read more
Infection rates increased in only four English local authorities last week as lockdown restrictions continued to slow coronavirus transmission. It means just 1 per cent of the country recorded a week-on-week increase of cases in the seven days to January 28, according to Public Health England figures. The areas were Melton in Suffolk, East Lindsey in Lincolnshire, … Read more
The medical director at Public Health England has said it is not ‘absolutely clear’ if a UK variant of the coronavirus is more deadly amid concerns over a ‘scaremongering’ Downing Street press conference. Dr Yvonne Doyle said more work was needed to determine whether the Kent strain was more likely to take people’s lives. It comes … Read more
Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes more than doubled in a fortnight over the New Year period, after it emerged that only ten per cent of residents had been vaccinated. According to data from Public Health England, there were 503 reports of Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes in England in the week up to January 3, … Read more
Parts of the Midlands and the North of England could see themselves released from Tier Three lockdown rules next week as their infection rates dropped by as much as 45 per cent in the first week of December. Cases fell by nearly half in Gateshead, for example, and by a third or more in Newcastle, … Read more
The number of people dying with heart disease in England has surged back above average since the first wave of coronavirus, even though dementia deaths have plummeted. Public Health England data shows that at least 1,189 more people than usual have died of heart diseases since the end of May. But during the same time, … Read more
Natural coronavirus immunity could be TWICE as common as experts thought after Public Health England study claims millions have protective T cells from similar cold viruses Researchers find 25 per cent of almost 3,000 key workers have high T-cell levels Antibody surveys have consistently found no more than 6 per cent test positive Study finds … Read more
Dr Susan Hopkins, a senior doctor at Public Health England, said she was ‘very keen’ to give Britons a normal Christmas Christmas get-togethers look set to be given the green-light but it will mean living with bolstered lockdown measures before and after the festive period, officials said today. Dr Susan Hopkins, a senior doctor at … Read more
Coronavirus infection rates fell among the under-40s last week but continued to rise in older people, Public Health England figures show. In its weekly report PHE saw per-person cases plummet by a fifth (21 per cent) in teenagers during half term, while infections also declined among schoolchildren and people in their 20s. Infections continued to … Read more
PHE was reassuring politicians the UK was ‘on the same trajectory as Germany’ and would NOT see spikes like in France and Spain at the same time SAGE was urging a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown to stop ‘exponential’ growth EXC: PHE official briefed peers on Sept 15 that UK ‘on same path as Germany’ They insisted … Read more