Category: Lockdowns

‘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

‘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

‘We believe a delay and tentative decision making will result in the deaths of tens of thousands more people.’ Independent SAGE chair Sir David King explains why the committee is calling for England to go into a full national lockdown. Watch a clip here

‘Action is needed now to avoid the collapse of the NHS in a few weeks. It is that serious.’ Professor Christina Pagel quoted in The Guardian. Independent SAGE is calling for immediate national lockdown in response to new UK variant of the virus. Read full article here