Prof Christina Pagel was a panel member on BBC2’s Politics Live show where she discussed the...

‘We shouldn’t throw away the gains of the past few weeks, achieved through considerable hardship and sacrifice, by lifting restrictions before we can keep the virus in check.’ Professor Susan Michie writes in the Guardian about the risks of coming out of lockdown too quickly. Read article here

‘It shouldn’t be about dates, it should be about data and how you open up safely.’ Dr Zubaida Haque discusses government plans to reopen schools fully on March 8th and why vaccination programme must be accompanied by robust measures to keep virus transmission down. Watch a clip here

‘This lockdown has got to be our last lockdown.’ Dr Kit Yates speaks to Channel 4 News about the need to lift restrictions in a gradual and safe way. Watch a clip here

“We now face a choice between lifting restrictions but facing what we had last year…or we open up very gradually.” Professor Susan Michie tells BBC Newsnight that we must learn the lessons from last year. Watch a clip here

“The more opportunity Covid has to infect people, the more chances it has to mutate.” Professor Christina Pagel on BBC Newsnight responding to the question ‘What would be an acceptable level of Covid for us to live with?’ Watch a clip here

Professor Gabriel Scally tells Good Morning Britain that we need a ‘strategic plan’ to drive down the virus rather than a series of arbitrary opening dates. Watch a clip here

‘We could still be facing a third surge later in the year so the government has to be careful.’ Professor Anthony Costello tells Sky News that Covid is a more serious issue than seasonal flu and that vaccines alone won’t bring an end to the pandemic. Watch a clip here

‘The ineffective test, trace and isolation programme is the gaping hole in the government strategy.’ Opinion piece from Professor Anthony Costello in The Guardian. Read full article here

Professor Christina Pagel tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy that 70% of cases are in under-50s, so ‘vaccinating everyone over 50 doesn’t stop Covid spreading’. Watch a clip here

The problem is not that the public is flexing lockdown rules, but that the rules are too flexible. Professor Stephen Reicher writes in The Guardian about the need to reduce the number of people being forced to go out to work. Read the full article here

The government’s mantra on Covid-19 should be: “Get it down, keep it down, and keep it out”, writes Professor Gabriel Scally in The Guardian. Read full article here

‘The dominance of new, more transmissible variants means that a policy of trying to “live with” the virus will fail.’ Professor Christina Pagel sets out ‘four steps to a new normal’ in the BMJ. Read article here

On the day that the number of UK deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test passes 100,000, Professor Christina Pagel tells BBC News that she hopes the government learns from its mistakes. Watch a clip here

Members of Independent SAGE call for blanket border controls to prevent spread of new variants of the virus. Read full article here

“The problem is not the public, the problem is the lack of effective measures to deal with this pandemic.” Professor Stephen Reicher tells Channel 4 news that lockdown compliance levels are higher than ever in most areas, but the rules are too flexible. Watch a clip here

The Observer quoted Professor Susan Michie and Professor Stephen Reicher in its report on non-essential employees being forced to go into busy workplaces. Read full article here

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