Weekly briefing 14 May 2021
Dr Kit Yates gave an update of the Covid situation in the UK including vaccinations and new...
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Month: May 2021
Six point plan for dealing with the b.1.617.2 variant
Context On Friday 7th May, Public Health England designated B.1.617.2 (one of the so-called ‘Indian variants’) as a variant of concern due to concerns about increased transmissibility. Over the past week, new evidence suggests...
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Christina Pagel talks to Sky NEws about the new variant of Concern
Prof Christina Pagel spoke to Mark Austin at Sky News about the new variant of concern (B.1.617.2,...
Read MoreWeekly Briefing 30 April 2021
In this week’s briefing we took a deep dive in the test and trace system in England with special guests from Leicester and Newham councils talking about the innovations and challenges of starting local contact tracing...
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Vaccine Uptake, Ethnicity and Difference
The widespread roll out of COVID-19 vaccines is central to the country regaining ordinary social...
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