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Why supported isolation is crucial to break community transmission

by independentsage | Mar 22, 2021 | Mitigation measures, Recent reports | 0

As early as 29th January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) informed all countriesthat...

4th January 2021: New statements on the UK vaccine strategy

by independentsage | Jan 4, 2021 | Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Recent reports, Short statements, Vaccines | 0

Today, Independent SAGE has released two short documents about the UK vaccine strategy. The first document “Will new variants compromise vaccines?” discusses the risk that new variants of Covid-19 pose to the...

Stephen reicher sets out emergency five-point plan to tackle new covid variant in The guardian

by independentsage | Dec 28, 2020 | Media highlights, Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy | 0

With the new Covid variant everywhere, it’s not enough to just wait for the vaccine: Professor Stephen Reicher sets out Independent SAGE’s emergency five-point plan to tackle the crisis in The Guardian. Read the article here

24 DECEMBER 2020: emergency statement on new variant of covid-19 And rapidly worsening situation in uk

by independentsage | Dec 24, 2020 | Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Short statements | 0

The situation across the UK, particularly England and Wales, is rapidly worsening. Evidence is now strong that the new variant of Covid-19 (B117) is significantly more infectious than previous strains. This is making a bad...

Issues and recommendations concerning COVID-19 vaccine rollout

by independentsage | Nov 27, 2020 | Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Vaccines | 0

Preliminary results from clinical trials indicate that there are at least three vaccines that...

‘safer Winter Celebrations’ report featured in The guardian

by independentsage | Nov 23, 2020 | Media highlights, Mitigation measures | 0

Outdoor festivities and support for safer households: The Guardian reports on new Independent SAGE...

Response to announcement of successful covid vaccination trial

by independentsage | Nov 13, 2020 | Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Short statements, Vaccines | 0

The announcement by Pfizer and BioNTech of results from the third phase of their vaccinetrial has...

COVID-19 and health inequality

by independentsage | Nov 13, 2020 | Inequalities and Ethnic Minorities, Mitigation measures | 0

The most deprived neighbourhoods in England have a COVID-19 mortality rate more than twice that of...

Emergency Plan for stopping the spread of COVID-19 IN ENGLAND

by independentsage | Oct 16, 2020 | Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, Support, Lockdowns, Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Short statements | 0

We wrote on 21st September that we were in a crisis and put forward a ten point plan to avoid a...

Blueprint for rebuilding Find, Test, Trace, Isolate and Support

by independentsage | Oct 16, 2020 | Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, Support, Mitigation measures | 0

To accompany our 6-week emergency plan for reversing the growth of COVID-19 in England, we have developed a detailed blueprint for how to reform the test and trace system. This involves restructuring testing systems, devolving contact tracing within local regions and instutiting wrap-around support for isolation. We believe this can be done within 6 weeks.

Read the full blueprint here .