Boris Johnson opened up the shutters but it was just a crack, a chink, a cigarette paper-slim slit. May as well have kept them slammed shut for all the good it did. Four more months. Another four months of pettifogging rules and restrictions. Our emergence from this year of hell will not so much be … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today tweeted: ‘All parts of the UK now have doses of the coronavirus vaccine’ Every corner of the UK now has received doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 jab ahead of the start of Britain’s biggest ever vaccination drive tomorrow, Matt Hancock claimed today. Fifty hospitals are geared up to start administering vaccinations … Read more
Number 10’s scientists issued a sobering warning to ministers that coronavirus cases could ‘easily double’ when lockdown is loosened for five days over Christmas. In a report submitted to the Government on November 18, the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M) said relaxing the rules ‘will result in increased transmission and prevalence, potentially by a … Read more
SAGE advisers have predicted Covid-19 cases could ‘easily double’ during the five-day Christmas pause in restrictions. The SPI-M-O group – which advises the top scientists – warned last week that any gap in measures would lead to a jump in infections as people ‘go back to their “routine” networks’ after mixing with family over the festive … Read more
Britain’s second coronavirus wave is already on track to surpass the Government’s ‘worst case scenario’ projection of 85,000 deaths, concerning data suggests. In a newly-published leaked paper that was circulated through Downing Street over summer, SAGE – the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies – warned that daily Covid-19 fatalities could rise to as many as … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has been even deadlier than Government scientists’ worst-case scenario, secret papers published today revealed. SAGE estimated 50,000 people could die by September if compliance with lockdown was low, in a report submitted to ministers on March 29. But as of today the official Covid-19 death toll already stands at 44,000, but separate government … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has been even deadlier than Government scientists’ worst-case scenario, secret papers published today revealed. SAGE estimated 50,000 people could die by September if compliance with lockdown was low, in a report submitted to ministers on March 29. But as of today the official Covid-19 death toll already stands at 44,000, but separate government … Read more