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Chief science adviser Patrick Vallance FINALLY admits that Britain failed to ramp up coronavirus testing numbers fast enough Sir Patrick Vallance has admitted testing numbers have not risen fast enough Chief science adviser said initial response was good but need to achieve scale Government facing mounting backlash over slow progress on mass screening Learn more … Read more
The UK is reviewing the evidence on face masks again, Number 10’s top scientific adviser revealed today. Sir Patrick Vallance claimed Downing Street would ‘definitely’ change its stance on wearing masks if the science became stronger. Britain has repeatedly insisted that healthy Britons do not need to wear face masks to try and protect themselves. … Read more
A furious row broke out among Government scientists tonight over whether they raised the alarm early enough over just how deadly coronavirus could be. A devastating Reuters investigation published today suggested that the scientific committees that advised Boris Johnson didn’t study, until mid-March, the option of a stringent lockdown. However, the chief scientific adviser Sir … Read more
I’m very relieved and pleased that Boris Johnson is responding to intensive care treatment in hospital. Whatever your political persuasion, it’s been extremely concerning to see the British Prime Minister fighting for his life, and we should all wish him a full and speedy recovery. But the health of one man, however important he is, … Read more
Almost 500,000 people could have died from coronavirus if the UK had adopted a ‘do-nothing’ approach associated with earlier ‘herd immunity’ plans, a study has suggested. As the virus began to take a stranglehold on the UK last month, the Government mooted the concept of beating back the disease by allowing 80 per cent of … Read more