The headline of the Telegraph story, “Matt Hancock kept Boris Johnson in dark over Covid vaccines success”, published today (Saturday 19 June) is incorrect, and misrepresents internal processes for data sharing. The information referenced (vaccine effectiveness data against the Delta …
Frequently asked questions answered by Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam Professor Jonathan Van-Tam (‘JVT’) was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in October 2017. He leads on health protection. What vaccines are available? Effective vaccines are the best way …
This evening, Channel 4’s Dispatches will air claims about the government's response to coronavirus. At every stage, we've been guided by the advice of experts from SAGE. You can read their advice here. The Department of Health and Social Care …
The Guardian has today published claims about the recruitment process and training of contact tracers. Contact tracers are crucial to the government’s response to the worst pandemic in a hundred years. The test and trace team will work to reduce …
The Guardian and ITV News have reported false, inaccurate and misleading claims about the management of the pandemic influenza stockpile and its subsequent deployment. We have been clear that the pandemic influenza stockpile has always been readily deployable. It has …
A report broadcast on the 7th May by Channel 4 News about the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan (PIPP) contained several misleading claims. Please find our response below. A Government spokesperson said: “The UK is one of the most prepared countries …
By UK National Testing Strategy Coordinator Professor John Newton As the Evening Standard commented yesterday “when the Health Secretary promised that 100,000 people a day would be tested for coronavirus by the end of this month, it looked an impossible goal.” I …
Several media reports running today about NHS Nightingale are misleading. There is no shortage of nurses and all coronavirus patients who need treatment are being treated in existing London hospitals. NHS Nightingale has been set up to treat patients if …
A Government spokesman said: ‘This article contains a series of falsehoods and errors and actively misrepresents the enormous amount of work which was going on in government at the earliest stages of the Coronavirus outbreak.’ ‘This is an unprecedented global …
We haven't posted anything for a while but our blog is live again so that we can post on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We will now use it to post content in response to media stories on coronavirus, which will …
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