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Independent SAGE Statement On Child Vaccination In England – 3 March 2022

March 3, 2022 ChildrenVaccines

Independent SAGE welcomes the JCVI statement on 16 February 2022 recommending that all 5 to 11 year olds be offered...

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Briefing

Regular briefing: 25 February 2022

February 25, 2022 Age demographicsCasesDeathsHospitalisationsSchools / ChildrenVaccines

Independent SAGE discusses the importance of the Public Inquiry into Covid-19 focussing on education, with special guests, Dr Deepti Gurdasani,...

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Short Statement

Ending Of Free Tests Statement

February 18, 2022 Testing

Alongside NHS leaders, members of Independent SAGE condemn the reported decision by the Government to stop free COVID-19 tests and payments...

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Briefing

Regular briefing: 18 February 2022

February 18, 2022 Age demographicsCasesChristinaDeathsHospitalisationsInequalitiesVaccinesVariants

Independent SAGE discusses the importance of the Public Inquiry into Covid-19, led by Professor Gabriel Scally, and with special guests...

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Briefing

Regular briefing: 4 February 2022

February 4, 2022 Age demographicsCasesChristinaDeathsHospitalisationsNHS StatsRegionsSchools / ChildrenTestingVaccinesVariants

Independent SAGE discusses the importance of clean air, with special guests Professor Trish Greenhalgh and Dr Adam Squires. See the...

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Briefing

Regular briefing: 27 January 2022

January 27, 2022 Age demographicsCasesDuncanHospitalisationsInequalitiesNHS StatsRegionsSchools / ChildrenVaccines

Independent SAGE discusses Long Covid in a discussion led by Professor Danny Altmann, and hosted by Alok Jha. View the...

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Briefing

Regular briefing: 21 January 2022

January 21, 2022 Age demographicsBehavioursCasesDeathsHospitalisationsLong CovidNHS StatsRegionsSchools / ChildrenVaccines

The focus of this week’s session was Long Covid which, according to the ONS survey, affected around 1.3 million people...

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Briefing

Regular briefing: 14 January 2022

January 14, 2022 CasesChristinaDeathsHospitalisationsNHS StatsRegionsSchools / ChildrenVaccines

This week, Independent SAGE introduced two new members, Professor Aris Katzourakis and Professor Stephen Griffin. The scientists also discussed the...

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Report

Covid Protection And Support Strategy: January 2022

January 7, 2022 Behavioural ScienceEmergency MeasuresInequalitiesMasksPandemic PolicySafer EnvironmentsVaccines

Independent SAGECovid Protection and Support Strategy: January 2022 Since December 1st England has reported over 3 million Covid cases, now almost...

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Briefing

Regular briefing: 7 January 2022

January 7, 2022 Age demographicsCasesChristinaDeathsHospitalisationsInequalitiesLong CovidNHS StatsRegionsSchools / ChildrenVaccinesVariants

For the first briefing of 2022, Independent SAGE discusses the prevalence of the Omicron variant, and Long Covid in children....

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Short Statement

Safer Reopening Of Schools In January 2022

December 23, 2021 EducationSafer Environments

An emergency Independent SAGE statement: Hundreds of thousands of children have missed some school this term due to contracting Covid....

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Short Statement

Call For Global Action

December 22, 2021 InequalitiesVaccines

Covid-19 is a global pandemic. It can only be addressed on a global level. As long as the populations of...

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