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Emergency Statement On Omicron: 15 December 2021

December 15, 2021 Emergency MeasuresMitigation MeasuresPandemic PolicyVariants

The first articles alerting the world to a new variant, later designated Omicron, appeared only three weeks ago. It is...

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An Immediate Response To The Omicron Variant

December 10, 2021 Pandemic PolicyVariants

As widely predicted, new variants of COVID-19 continue to emerge. Omicron was first reported from Southern Africa on 24th November, and...

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Statement On Covid-19 Testing At Immensa Health Clinic (Dante Laboratories)

October 22, 2021 Testing

Independent SAGE has previously identified the risks and inadequacies of the outsourcing of COVID testing within the UK. These issues...

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Response To The 20th October Press Conference By Health Secretary Sajid Javid. We Need A Winter Plan Now

October 22, 2021 ChristmasEmergency MeasuresPandemic Policy

At his press conference of 20th October 2021, the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, noted the rise ininfections, hospitalisations and deaths...

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Statement On The House Of Commons Report “Coronavirus: Lessons Learned To Date”

October 12, 2021 Pandemic Policy

Independent SAGE welcomes today’s report by the Commons Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees, “Coronavirus: lessons learned...

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Independent SAGE Writes To JCVI Asking It To Release Details Of Its Meetings About Vaccinations For Teenagers

October 5, 2021 ChildrenVaccines

Independent SAGE has written a letter to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) asking it to release the...

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Call For More Transparency Around JCVI Recommendations For Childhood Vaccination Against Covid-19

October 1, 2021 ChildrenVaccines

Call for more transparency around JCVI recommendations for childhood vaccination against COVID-19 The most recent statement of the Joint Committee...

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Statement On Universities And Colleges Autumn 2021 In The Context Of SARS-Cov-2

September 10, 2021 EducationSafer Environments

Universities are large workplaces and organizations with a public mission. Their impact on the sizeand composition of their local communities...

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How Can We Safely Re-Open Live Events?

September 6, 2021 Mitigation Measures

Following the recent publication of an analysis from the Events Research Programme on the impact of mass events on Covid-19...

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Independent SAGE Response To The Government Moving To Step 4 Of The Roadmap On 19h July

July 13, 2021 Contact TracingEducationMitigation MeasuresPandemic PolicySafer Environments

On the 12th of July, Boris Johnson announced that England would be moving to step 4 of the roadmap on...

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Statement On The Misuse Of The Events Research Programme And Its Phase 1 Findings.

July 2, 2021 Pandemic Policy

We are writing as fellow scientists to express our profound concerns regarding the misuse of the Events Research Programme and its...

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Towards A Covid-Secure EURO2020

June 11, 2021 Mitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy

Being a part of the crowd at live events such as the Euros is good for us. Participation at live...