A top public health expert has said a legacy of poor decisions around easing restrictions and travel have led to the current situation - amid a UK death toll exceeding 100,000. Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, said bad decisions, coupled with the new variant, have brought us to “where we are now”. She told BBC Breakfast: “Unfortunately the number of people dying is not going to decline quickly, and even then it will remain for a while at a really high rate so we’re absolutely not out of it. “I think where we are now is a legacy of poor decisions that were taken when we eased restrictions earlier in the year particularly around travel etc and then of course the variant has created extra pressure.”
January 27, 2021 at 10:41 PM
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She travelled first to Spain, and then onto the Netherlands, where she stayed with family, before flying home from London.
A couple of her relatives have tested positive for the virus since she left.
However, she stayed overnight at an airport hotel in London before her flight out of the UK, and arrived in Auckland on 30 December.
It means the last possible contact she had with her relatives would have been on 28 December.
She started showing symptoms on 15 January, nearly three weeks later.
Even if she caught it on the flight over from the UK, that would still mean the virus lay dormant for more than two weeks.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
Gregory Parham, D.V.M., was named Interim Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration. Dr. Parham served as Assistant Secretary for Administration from 2013-2016. Previously, he served as Administrator of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Prior to that, Dr. Parham served as APHIS’ Associate Administrator and as the Deputy Administrator for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Business Services. He joined USDA in 1982 and has worked for several agencies. Dr. Parham holds a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University and doctorate and bachelor’s degrees from The Ohio State University.