Dame Sally Davies accused of trying to worm her way out of PHE’s shambolic role in Covid pandemic

Dame Sally Davies has been accused of trying to worm her way out of blame for Public Health England’s shambolic role in Covid-19 pandemic Dame Sally Davies was today accused of trying to worm her way out of blame for Public Health England’s shambolic role in Covid-19 pandemic. England’s former chief medical officer launched a … Read more

Airport testing could catch six in 10 Covid-19 carriers as research debunks PHE’s claims of 7%

Airport testing could identify up to six in ten coronavirus cases, experts claim.   Public Health England has said testing travellers on arrival would only detect seven per cent of people carrying the virus. It has been used time and time again by ministers to justify a lack of screening at airports, given the UK is … Read more

Map reveals how Covid-19 infection rates soared in the North of England after PHE’s Excel bungle

Public Health England’s Excel bungle has drastically changed the outlook of England’s coronavirus outbreak, with infection rates in the North soaring overnight. Following the revelation that almost 16,000 ‘missed’ cases had been added to the system, infection rates spiralled in every authority of the country except four at the weekend — all of which were … Read more

Map reveals how Covid-19 infection rates soared in the North of England after PHE’s Excel bungle

Public Health England’s Excel bungle has drastically changed the outlook of England’s coronavirus outbreak, with infection rates in the North soaring overnight. Following the revelation that almost 16,000 ‘missed’ cases had been added to the system, infection rates spiralled in every authority of the country except four at the weekend — all of which were … Read more

Government advisers warned that PHE’s contact tracing capacity would be ‘exhausted’ in TWO WEEKS

Public Health England only had enough contact-tracing capacity to last two weeks before it became ‘exhausted’, scientists warned in February. A batch of scientific papers submitted to the Government’s SAGE committee were published today and reveal more of what officials were being told in the early stages of the UK’s epidemic. Researchers said there was … Read more