Prof Edmunds warned that a “circuit-breaker” would be needed across the country or at least in areas where Covid incidence is high, saying: “The only way that we can have a relatively safe and normal Christmas is if we take radical action now to...
However Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, claimed the figures were based on selective data, ignoring hospitals where rates were lower. Mr Burnham was backed by Professor Jane Eddleston, the region’s medical lead for the coronavirus response, who had...
Downing Street said there was an “enormous amount of planning and preparation in place” for the distribution of a vaccine. “The priority will be the most vulnerable groups and we take advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and...
Summing up the mood among most Tories, the former Business Secretary Greg Clark said on Thursday: “It does seem strange to think that concentrating trade in a smaller number of hours, and making everyone leave a pub or restaurant at the same time rather than...
Sir Desmond Swayne, another former minister who has been a vocal critic of lockdown rules, said: “If the Government would let people make up their own minds about the risks they are taking, it would save the Prime Minister the trouble of having to remember all...
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