EXPERT REACTION TO PUBLICATION OF DETAIL OF ‘FIVE PILLARS' OF HOW THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SCALE UP COVID-19 TESTING PROGRAMMES
The UK government has published the detail of its ‘five pillar' strategy for scaling up the UK's COVID-19 testing programme. Prof Martin...
EXPERT REACTION TO UPDATED REPORT ON PATIENTS CRITICALLY ILL IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH COVID-19, AS PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY BY ICNARC (INTENSIVE CARE NATIONAL AUDIT & RESEARCH CENTRE)
The Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre published its updated report* on patients in intensive care who are critically...
EXPERT REACTION TO LATEST FIGURES ON COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS
The Department of Health and Social Care have announced the latest figures for cases of and deaths from COVID-19 in the UK. Prof Peter...
EXPERT REACTION TO LATEST FIGURES ON COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS
The Department of Health and Social Care have announced the latest figures for cases of and deaths from COVID-19. Dr Michael Head,...
EXPERT REACTION TO PEOPLE WHO THINK 5G CAUSES CORONAVIRUS
There have been reports of people who think 5G mobile networks have caused the coronavirus outbreak. Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor...
EXPERT REACTION TO THE FUTURE OF THE UK LOCKDOWN
Expert comment following media interviews with Profs Neil Ferguson and Graham Medley on the future of the UK lockdown. Prof Martin...
EXPERT REACTION TO THE IDEA OF IMMUNITY PASSPORTS
Comments in response to journalists questions about the idea of ‘immunity passports', as mooted in the No 10 pres conference on Wednesday...
EXPERT REACTION TO LATEST FIGURES ON COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS
The Department of Health and Social Care have announced the latest figures for cases , and deaths from COVID-19. Prof James Naismith...
EXPERT COMMENT ON THE NUMBER HOSPITAL-BASED COVID-19 DEATHS ON THE 25TH MARCH
Prof Sheila Bird has analysed the data on the number hospital-based COVID-19 deaths on the 25th March. Prof Sheila Bird, Formerly Programme...
EXPERT REACTION TO A STUDY ABOUT FACEMASK EFFECTIVENESS
As study, published in Nature Medicine, reports on the effectiveness of facemasks. Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor in Cellular...
EXPERT REACTION TO USE OF FACEMASKS
Comment in response to questions from journalists about the use of facemasks. Prof Susan Michie, Director of the UCL Centre for Behaviour...
EXPERT REACTION TO THE LATEST COVID-19 PRESS CONFERENCE
The No 10 press conference, on Thursday 2nd April, featured Matt Hancock, Stephen Powis and John Newton. Testing for COVID-19 was one...
EXPERT REACTION TO 1 MILLION CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID AS REPORTED BY JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
The Coronavirus Resource Centre, put together by John Hopkins University, shows that global COVID-19 cases now exceed 1 million. Prof...
EXPERT REACTION TO JOURNALISTS' QUESTIONS ABOUT 'LITTLE SHIPS' AND TESTING LOCATIONS FOR COVID-19
There have been reports in the media* that many smaller private laboratories at institutions are repurposing themselves to conduct...
EXPERT REACTION TO RAPID EVIDENCE REVIEW ON THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL CLOSURES ON CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CONTACTS
A review, published in Eurosurveillance, reports on the impact of school closures on children's social contacts. Dr Angharad Rudkin,...
EXPERT REACTION TO LATEST CASE AND DEATH FIGURES FOR COVID-19 IN THE UK
The Department of Health and Social Care has released the latest case and death figures for COVID-19 in the UK - 33,718 cases and 2,921...
EXPERT COMMENTS ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEST FOR COVID-19
Comments in answer to some questions from journalist about the different types of testing for COVID-19. Comments sent out on Thursday...
EXPERT REACTION TO THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE COP26 UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
The COP Bureau of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, with the UK and its Italian partners, have made the decision...
EXPERT COMMENT CLARIFYING SITUATION WITH FACE MASKS AND WHO
There have been reports in the media* that the World Health Organisation are reviewing their advice on face masks and COVID-19. Prof...
EXPERT REACTION TO BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO WORKING ON A COVID-19 VACCINE
British American Tobacco have announced that they are working on a COVID-19 vaccine. Prof Julian Ma, Hotung Chair of Molecular Immunology,...
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