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Treat Covid like any other transmissible illness, minister suggests

The public should not “work and live under Government diktat for a moment longer than is necessary”, a minister has said, as Boris Johnson prepares to scrap the legal requirement to self-isolate in England. The Prime Minister is expected to unveil ...

21 Feb 2022 at 10:55

Treat Covid like any other transmissable illness, minister suggests

21 Feb 2022 at 10:25

Worst of the pandemic is ‘absolutely behind us’, says vaccine scientist

One of the UK’s leading vaccine scientists and the driving force behind AstraZeneca says that the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is behind us. Oxford University professor, chief investigator of the Oxford Covid- 19 vaccine trials and ...

04 Jan 2022 at 03:25

Javid defends Covid plan with NHS braced for difficult winter

The NHS is facing significant pressure as it copes with the latest wave of Covid-19 despite hopes that cases should start to drop in the coming weeks. Boris Johnson will lead a Downing Street press conference as No 10 admitted that ...

04 Jan 2022 at 17:25

More babies could die from whooping cough, expert warns

More babies will die from whooping cough unless vaccination rates go up to slow the spread of the infection, a leading expert has warned. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, consultant paediatrician and chairman of the Joint Committee ...

10 May 2024 at 14:39

New campaign hopes to boost jab numbers

Experts have launched a new campaign in a bid to boost waning vaccine uptake by giving people more information about how clinical trials work. Researchers hope to alleviate hesitancy by showing with a simple animation and comic ...

06 Dec 2023 at 08:21

100 days vaccine goal for new pandemic threats is ‘really tall order’

The UK is “way behind” the goal of stopping a pandemic with a new vaccine within 100 days and more investment in research and development is needed, Professor Sir Andrew Pollard has said. He spoke as the UK Health and Security ...

07 Aug 2023 at 10:55

Monkeypox needs ‘substantial public health response’, says Covid vaccine expert

Monkeypox requires a “substantial public health response”, a vaccine expert who worked on the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab said after being knighted in recognition of his efforts to battle Covid-19. But Professor Sir Andrew Pollard,...

08 Jun 2022 at 17:29

UK ‘unsafe’ from future pandemic threats, says Oxford Vaccine Group director

The UK is “really unsafe” from future pandemic threats, a leading academic has told MPs. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, director at the Oxford Vaccine Group, said he was concerned that not enough work was being done to ...

24 Jan 2024 at 14:50

Campaign bids to boost vaccine uptake as whooping cough and measles cases rise

Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated as experts launch a campaign to boost uptake in the UK amid rising cases of whooping cough and measles. Researchers at the Oxford Vaccine Group, which is part ...

27 Sept 2024 at 00:01

UK Covid cases should drop in next one to three weeks, says expert

Covid cases should start to drop across the UK in the next one to three weeks, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has suggested. Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, ...

04 Jan 2022 at 11:55

NHS braced for ‘challenging winter’ as Covid cases and staff absences bite

04 Jan 2022 at 15:55

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