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SAGE is asking No10 to make face masks compulsory outdoors in crowded areas to help stop the spread of Covid SAGE has urged the Government to make people wear face masks outdoors to help combat the highly-infectious Kent coronavirus variant. The EMG group called for people to consider wearing them outside in crowded areas including parks, supermarket queues or outdoor markets. They said that while masks play only a small role, their widespread usage would help contain the spread of the...

SAGE is asking No10 to make face masks compulsory outdoors in crowded areas to help stop the spread of Covid SAGE has urged the Government to make people wear face masks outdoors to help combat the highly-infectious Kent coronavirus variant. The EMG group called for people to consider wearing them outside in crowded areas including parks, supermarket queues or outdoor markets. They said that while masks play only a small role, their widespread usage would help contain the spread of the...

People should consider wearing masks outdoors, SAGE scientists warn The SAGE EMG group said that a public awareness campaign would also be useful, telling people the importance of and how to correctly wear masks 21:29, 29 JAN 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendation...

Boris Johnson announced that March 8 is the earliest date that ministers hope to start reopening schools  He made clear wider lockdown wont be eased until then, when vulnerable groups should have vaccine cover Prime Minister admitted to MPs that closures would have a huge impact on education of millions of pupils He pledged £300million - on top of previous £1billion package - to help fund tutoring and summer schools   The PM said there were no easy answers as Keir Starmer highlighted the U...

Great majority of protection comes from first vaccine, says Chris Whitty Chris Whitty spoke at a Downing Street coronavirus briefing The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related new...

Live as Boris Johnson makes national address on latest Covid pandemic developments The PM will be joined by England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty, and NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Prime Minister Boris Johnson will again be leading a Covid press conference at Downing Street this afternoon. Mr Johnson will be joined by England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty, and NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens. It was init...

Mary Green, from North Tyneside, got her first vaccination on New Years Eve. But five days later she tested positive for the virus. Scientists say it takes around two weeks to trigger immunity.

Britain is allowing 12 weeks between Pfizer dosesCredit: Reuters The British Medical Association said the UK was “increasingly isolated internationally” with its jabs strategy proving “evermore difficult to justify”. But former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said: “To question the strategy of government scientists is deeply unhelpful.” He added: “I simply don’t believe that all those hard-working GPs who have been desperately trying to get people vaccinated will be in the slighte...

Delaying second Pfizer doses to give more people their first is "difficult to justify", says BMA.

Doctors call for gap between Pfizer vaccine doses to be cut to 6 weeks The British Medical Association warned the UK’s strategy has become increasingly isolated from many other countries The British Medical Association has urged the government to cut the gap between doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from 12 weeks to six, amid concerns the UK strategy contradicts international guidance. In a letter to Englands chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, the BMA warned that “the UK’s strat...