Hard-pressed parents juggling childcare and work were told to ‘control your teenagers’ tonight as the Government pushed ahead with plans to force schools to reopen fully in September. Deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries said that schoolchildren, especially older ones, were more likely to contract coronavirus by hanging out with friends than they were … Read more
Pupils won’t be allowed to take a pencil cases to school when they return but they can take a lunchbox because children are ‘less likely to share them’, the deputy chief medical officer has said. Speaking at Saturday’s Downing Street briefing, Dr Jenny Harries said that pencil cases were ‘easier to control’ than lunchboxes. She added … Read more
Pupils won’t be allowed to take a pencil cases to school when they return but they can take a lunchbox because children are ‘less likely to share them’, the deputy chief medical officer has said. Speaking at Saturday’s Downing Street briefing, Dr Jenny Harries said that pencil cases were ‘easier to control’ than lunchboxes. She added … Read more
England’s deputy Chief Medical Officer has raised hopes of a coronavirus cure, saying that recovered patients appear to have Covid-specific antibodies for months. Dr Jenny Harries said a ‘very large percentage of patients who have otherwise been pretty well do actually have a pretty good response’. The senior Government medical adviser also said there were ‘some … Read more
Don’t go to the pub with friends after coronavirus lockdown measures are eased, top medic warns Britons Dr Jenny Harries said not going to the pub is the best way to stop spread of Covid She was asked if gatherings would be allowed to resume before pubs can reopen Dr Harries said mixing with friends … Read more
The woman who has fronted the government’s daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic in the UK today revealed she also battled the virus. Deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries said it was a ‘very unpleasant experience’. It comes after her boss Professor Chris Whitty self-isolated after suffering ‘mild symptoms’ and both Prime Minister Boris … Read more
It is a crisis many have long feared, and even grimly predicted – but, perhaps, secretly hoped or never quite believed would happen. Not here. Not to us. And yet, here we are. The coronavirus pandemic is surging towards a peak in Britain. Deaths this weekend passed 700 a day– and life has come to … Read more
10,000 NHS staff pen letter to Boris Johnson demanding proper protective equipment amid anger that a lack of supplies could be risking lives Over 10,000 frontline NHS staff have written to PM over protective equipment Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer, said there were ‘distribution issues’ She insists UK had enough personal protective equipment to … Read more
10,000 NHS staff pen letter to Boris Johnson demanding proper protective equipment amid anger that a lack of supplies could be risking lives Over 10,000 frontline NHS staff have written to PM over protective equipment Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer, said there were ‘distribution issues’ She insists UK had enough personal protective equipment to … Read more