COVID-19 management in light of pandemic increase in China and potential impact of new Omicron sub-variants (notably XBB.1.5 “Kraken”, and CH.1.1 “Orthrus”) High rates of SARS-CoV2 transmission anywhere in the world makes the...
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Professor Martin McKee speaks to France 24 about the UK government’s current handling of the...
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The first articles alerting the world to a new variant, later designated Omicron, appeared only...
Read MoreSeptember 2021: Protecting People at Work: The COVID-19 Safe Workplace Charter Just over a year ago, on 27th August 2020, Independent SAGE, in conjunction with The HazardsCampaign, published our ‘COVID-19 Safe Workplace Carter...
Read MoreWe are writing as fellow scientists to express our profound concerns regarding the misuse of the Events Research Programme and its findings. We share the view that it is important to carry out well-designed research to...
Read MoreWe are currently witnessing a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in England. Public Health England figures released on 3rd June suggest that the Delta variant has spread widely across the UK and is continuing to spread, that it...
Read MoreContext 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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The aim of this document is to outline an overall strategy for handling the COVID pandemic which...
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Blatant and visible violations of Covid-safe rules and guidance are relatively rare and probably...
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‘The minimum is to go back to where we were in March, which means closing schools, closing universities, don’t leave home, but that on its own is not enough.’ Professor Christina Pagel speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News about the need to protect essential workers and to pay them to isolate where necessary. Watch a clip here
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‘We have been wanting this for some time but it’s disappointing that the government is in this reactive mode. They seem to wait until the very last moment, until the crisis is breaking on us, before they take the necessary action.’ Professor Gabriel Scally gives his reaction to announcement of a new lockdown on BBC News. Watch a clip here
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The pandemic in England is now at the most threatening stage of the entire year. The number of...
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