Sep 23, 2020
Having spent the last few days locked in meetings with senior ministers and the Government’s top scientists, he is all too familiar with the hawk to dove ratio of the Covid sub-committees taking all the major decisions on No 10’s pandemic response. Mr Johnson chairs the Covid-19 strategy committee, whose members include Rishi Sunak, the […]
Sep 21, 2020
A few hours later, the chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, and the chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, came to Mr Johnson with what appeared to be a solution. Warning that the number of deaths would rise significantly by the end of October...
Sep 15, 2020
Mr Johnson set a target of millions of tests per day, with results delivered in as little as 20 minutes, in “the near future”. Other medical experts have suggested the target is unrealistic, while a report in the British Medical Journal says leaked memos show the cost...
Aug 14, 2020
Mr Johnson had postponed the changes, which were meant to come in on August 1, amid concerns over a second wave of coronavirus. At the time, Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, said the country had “probably reached near the limit, or the...
Jul 31, 2020
He also voiced concerns about the apparent failings in enforcement of rules and said he had asked the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, “to work with the police and others to ensure the rules which are already in place are properly enforced”. “That means...
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