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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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Independent SAGE Provides A Framework For Behavioural Mitigation To Minimise Spread Of Covid-19
November 11, 2021 Behavioural ScienceMitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy
Vaccines and past infection do not provide 100% immunity from Covid-19 so the virus is likely to circulate for the...
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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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Covid “Scores On The Doors”: An Approach To Ventilation/Fresh Air Information, Communication, And Certification
October 8, 2021 Mitigation MeasuresPandemic PolicySafer Environments
Ventilation and air filtration play a crucial role in mitigating the transmission of Covid-19. This documentintroduces a communication and information...
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Nine-Point Covid Winter Protection Plan: A Vaccine-Plus Approach
September 17, 2021 ChristmasMitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy
As we move into autumn and winter this year, infections and hospitalisations are far higher than atthe same point in...
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Covid Safety Codes Of Practice
September 3, 2021 Mitigation MeasuresPandemic PolicySafer Environments
Why do we need Covid Safety Codes of Practice? Everyone in society can play a role in minimising Covid infection...
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September 2021: Protecting People At Work: The Covid-19 Safe Workplace Charter
September 3, 2021 InequalitiesMitigation MeasuresPandemic PolicySafer Environments
September 2021: Protecting People at Work: The COVID-19 Safe Workplace Charter Just over a year ago, on 27th August 2020,...
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(How) Can We Reach Herd Immunity?
August 20, 2021 Herd ImmunityPandemic Policy
The term ‘herd immunity’ first found its way into the UK’s public consciousness very early on in thepandemic. In early...