The ‘beginning of change’? UK’s chief scientific adviser welcomes fall in new COVID-19 cases

Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, said statistics are starting to show the ‘beginning of change’ and that Britain’s coronavirus crisis did not appear to be accelerating The UK’s top scientist today offered the public a glimmer of hope that the strict coronavirus shutdown is having an effect after official statistics revealed the … Read more

Adviser admits airport officials only stopped a THIRD of Brits returning to the UK with coronavirus

Leading scientist Neil Ferguson admits airport officials only spotted a THIRD of passengers returning to the UK with coronavirus – despite calls for screening at Arrivals – allowing virus to get a foothold around the country In early March passengers were arriving back from countries hit by virus Last week planes continued to come into … Read more

PM’s virus adviser warns Britain might still need to adopt herd immunity

Boris Johnson’s chief adviser on the coronavirus has warned that Britain might still have to adopt the controversial herd immunity policy to defeat the pandemic.    Professor Graham Medley, the government’s chief pandemic modeller, said lockdown measures have pushed the UK ‘into a corner’, with no way of lifting restrictions while keeping the virus under control.  … Read more

PM’s virus adviser warns Britain might still need to adopt herd immunity

Boris Johnson’s chief adviser on the coronavirus has warned that Britain might still have to adopt the contoversial herd immunity policy to defeat the pandemic.    Professor Graham Medley, the government’s chief pandemic modeller, said lockdown measures have pushed the UK ‘into a corner’, with no way of lifting restrictions while keeping the virus under control.  … Read more

UK’s chief scientific adviser says he doesn’t know when coronavirus lockdown will end

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

Britain must stay locked down until JUNE says leading adviser

Britain must stay in total lockdown until June to properly prevent the full extent of the deadly coronavirus and social distancing could last for months, a senior health chief has warned. The country’s coronavirus death toll rocketed by 260 to 1,019 yesterday in the worst day the country faced yet. A total of 17,089 people tested … Read more

Young people, stop going to pubs! Britain’s chief scientific adviser warns

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

Call off Sunday lunch with the grandchildren NOW, says UK’s chief scientific adviser

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

Government’s chief scientific adviser says there could now be 55,000 cases of coronavirus in UK

The government’s chief scientific adviser today revealed there are likely to be as many as 55,000 cases of coronavirus in the UK as official government statistics put the number at 1,950. Sir Patrick Vallance said modelling of the spread of the disease in Britain showed that for every death there was likely to be 1,000 positive … Read more