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Covid-19 is unlikely ever to be eradicated and the outlook for the pandemic remains “pretty bleak” in the medium term, leading Government scientists have said. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the world will continue to see a “significant” number of deaths unless more effort is made to vaccinate the vulnerable globally. And he warned that while coronavirus may become a “much milder, chronic disease” in the long term, new variants will continue to cause p...

Covid-19 is unlikely ever to be eradicated and the outlook for the pandemic remains “pretty bleak” in the medium term, leading Government scientists have said. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the world will continue to see a “significant” number of deaths unless more effort is made to vaccinate the vulnerable globally. And he warned that while coronavirus may become a “much milder, chronic disease” in the long term, new variants will continue to cause p...

Covid-19 is unlikely ever to be eradicated and the outlook for the pandemic remains “pretty bleak” in the medium term, leading Government scientists have said. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the world will continue to see a “significant” number of deaths unless more effort is made to vaccinate the vulnerable globally. And he warned that while coronavirus may become a “much milder, chronic disease” in the long term, new variants will continue to cause p...

WHITTYS JITTER BUG Strictly bosses hope to line up a ‘hero of the pandemic’ for new series – with Chris Whitty top of the list Exclusive 15 Apr 2021, 22:07 Updated: 16 Apr 2021, 6:36 COVID medical chief Chris Whitty is being lined up by Strictly Come Dancing bosses to become the unlikely star of this year’s series. They are targeting a “hero of the pandemic” in an attempt to bring something different to the 2021 intake. �� 8 8 We also considered how Professor Jonathan Van-Tam m...

A public inquiry into the coronavirus response could take eight years to complete, the former judge who led the Bloody Sunday probe warned today. Lord Saville said he would be amazed if a full inquiry could be conducted in less than seven or eight years, insisting: You cant hurry these things. The government has come under heavy fire for being slow to recognise the scale of the threat from the virus early on, with accusations ministers locked down too late and failed to get testing capacity in ...

Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance are putting pressure on Boris Johnson to keep social distancing rules in place for another year, it was claimed today.  The Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientific Adviser are said to be in active discussions with the Prime Minister over whether restrictions should be kept for the long term.  Downing Street said in response to the claim that the PM takes a range of advice from experts.    Boris Johnson, pictured during a visit to an As...

Chile sees Covid cases rise despite remarkable vaccine effort - CMO says there are lessons to learn Chile has seen a rise in coronavirus cases in recent weeks - despite being one of the most successful countries in the world when it comes to vaccination 20:47, 5 APR 2021 Dont miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide...

Despite one of the world's quickest vaccination rates, country has had to close borders and tighten lockdown again

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 10:02 UTC Boris Johnson, along with scientific advisers Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance, have been accused of weaponising fear Governments psychological strategies to manipulate unwitting publics behaviour may backfire and lead to long-term damage, experts claim. Failures in the UKs pandemic response are not hard to identify, but on one front the Governments success is undeniable: persuading a fearful nation to stay locked indoors for much of the past year. The daily d...

Robert Dingwall is a professor of sociology at Nottingham Trent University and a member of several Government advisory groups These are extraordinary times, and not just because we are coming through the greatest national trauma since the Second World War. The vaccination programme is something close to a modern miracle. There is further good news in the startling success of the treatments we are pioneering for coronavirus patients. The UK is leading the world in these areas. Yet, as the past w...