weekly briefing 4th june 2021
In today’s briefing Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest figures, illustrating the...
Read More4 Jun 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
In today’s briefing Professor Christina Pagel presented the latest figures, illustrating the...
Read More4 Jun 2021 | Lockdowns, Mitigation measures, Short statements
We are currently witnessing a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in England. Public Health England figures released on 3rd June suggest that the Delta variant has spread widely across the UK and is continuing to spread, that it...
Read More4 Jun 2021 | Media highlights, Vaccines & variants
Prof Christina Pagel spoke to BBC Politics about how the variant’s rapid growth means we...
Read More4 Jun 2021 | Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, Support, Mitigation measures
The UK introduced a mandatory hotel quarantine system for most groups returning from ‘red...
Read More2 Jun 2021 | Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Short statements, Vaccines & variants
Here is a quick guide to current variants of concern in the UK, their different names and their...
Read More28 May 2021 | Media highlights
Prof Christina Pagel talked to Sky News about how the new dominant variant B.1.617.2 (1st...
Read More28 May 2021 | Media highlights
Dr Zubaida Haque talked to Sky News about the Cumming testimony and what it said about the...
Read More28 May 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
In today’s briefing we hosted two special guests, Prof Jeff Lazarus and Prof Ilona Kickbusch...
Read More27 May 2021 | Media highlights
Prof Stephen Reicher was a guest on BBC Newsnight to discuss the continued fall out of the...
Read More27 May 2021 | Media highlights
Dr Kit Yates was featured on ITV News at Ten discussing the impact of delayed lockdown in March...
Read More27 May 2021 | Media highlights
Professor Christina Pagel was interviewed on BBC News giving her reaction to the Cummings...
Read More26 May 2021 | Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Short statements
Response to three Public Health England papers about the B.1.617.2 variant of concern publishedon...
Read More21 May 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
This week we were joined by guest expert Professor Ravi Gupta, infectious disease specialist and...
Read More18 May 2021 | Media highlights
Dr Zubaida Haque was a guest on ITV’s Good Morning Britain discussing the variant outbreak...
Read More18 May 2021 | Media highlights
Prof Gabriel Scally spoke to BBC News about how local areas should be tackling outbreaks of the...
Read More17 May 2021 | Media highlights
Prof Stephen Reicher talks to Channel 4 News about the latest easing of lockdown measures in...
Read More17 May 2021 | Media highlights
Prof Christina Pagel was a guest on India’s NDTV news channel discussing the new variant...
Read More17 May 2021 | Media highlights
Dr KIt Yates was interviewed by Sky News about the government proceeding with Stage of the Roadmap...
Read More14 May 2021 | Media highlights
Prof Gabriel Scally was a guest on ITV’s Good Morning Britain saying we needed to throw the...
Read More14 May 2021 | Media highlights
Dr Zubaida Haque was interviewed by BBC News about the implications of the new variant of concern...
Read More14 May 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
Dr Kit Yates gave an update of the Covid situation in the UK including vaccinations and new...
Read More14 May 2021 | Lockdowns, Mitigation measures, Overall COVID-19 Strategy, Short statements
Context On Friday 7th May, Public Health England designated B.1.617.2 (one of the so-called ‘Indian variants’) as a variant of concern due to concerns about increased transmissibility. Over the past week, new evidence suggests...
Read More13 May 2021 | Media highlights
Prof Christina Pagel spoke to Mark Austin at Sky News about the new variant of concern (B.1.617.2,...
Read More13 May 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
In this week’s briefing we took a deep dive in the test and trace system in England with special guests from Leicester and Newham councils talking about the innovations and challenges of starting local contact tracing...
Read More11 May 2021 | Vaccines & variants
The widespread roll out of COVID-19 vaccines is central to the country regaining ordinary social...
Read More7 May 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
This week Prof Christina Pagel presented the latest numbers on the Covid situation in the UK,...
Read More4 May 2021 | Media highlights
Prof Christina Pagel spoke to BBC One’s Hugh Pym about whether the Prime Minister could...
Read More30 Apr 2021 | Media highlights
India has recorded the highest number of cases in the world for several days running, with well...
Read More23 Apr 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
This week’s session started with a presentation of the latest data from Dr Kit Yates which showed...
Read More16 Apr 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
This week our focus was on global vaccine equality with guest speakers Oksana Pyzik, UCL School of...
Read More12 Apr 2021 | Media highlights
Professor Christina Pagel was interviewed on Sky News about new variants, international travel,...
Read More9 Apr 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
Prof Christina Pagel presented the latest update on Covid in the UK, covering vaccinations, cases,...
Read More7 Apr 2021 | Media highlights
Professor Steve Reicher was a guest on BBC Newsnight to discussion the latest developments with...
Read More29 Mar 2021 | Media highlights
Dr Kit Yates talked to Euro News today about the easing of lockdown in England, the impact of...
Read More29 Mar 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links), Media highlights
Professor Susan Michie was a guest on ITV’s Good Morning Britain this morning discussing...
Read More29 Mar 2021 | Media highlights
Professor Anthony Costello was interviewd by Sky News this morning discussing the importance of...
Read More26 Mar 2021 | Briefings (presentations & youtube links)
Dr Kit Yates presented the weekly numbers this week, looking at potential impacts of schools...
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