A graph showing how coronavirus hospital rates are plummeting in Britain while spiking or plateauing in the EU highlights the UK’s vaccine triumph. Latest data show there were 106 patients per million in British hospitals infected with the disease on March 15 — down from a peak of almost 580 in mid-January. By contrast, figures … Read more
An official graph laying out coronavirus outbreaks across the country suggests there are parts of the North of England and Midlands that could be ‘de-escalated’ in January. The chart, published by Public Health England, shows that some parts of the country are seeing the fastest falls in infection rate and health bosses are monitoring their … Read more
How close is YOUR area to moving up or down the Covid tiers? Government graph shows how infection rates vary across England as officials say ‘continued improvement’ may mean parts of the North are de-escalated in the New Year Public Health England graph shows sliding scale of infection rates with a clear divide between tiers … Read more
The Government and its scientific advisers were lambasted today for using ‘dodgy coronavirus data’ to justify a devastating second lockdown. Tory MPs warned SAGE‘s doomsday predictions had eerie echoes of the controversial dossier that sent Britain to war with Iraq. It emerged last night a graph claiming England would see up to 1,500 deaths a day by … Read more
AT A GLANCE: HOW VALLANCE AND WHITTY DEFENDED THE LOCKDOWN SATURDAY’S GLOOMY SLIDES Sir Patrick: ‘I would always like to get things simpler than they were and clearer than they were. ‘I mean, you know, that would always be an aim and clearly some of those slides were quite complicated, and it is a very … Read more
A graph showed during the Prime Minister’s address saying Britain will have 4,000 deaths a day by December was ‘proven to be incorrect’ and ‘four weeks out of date’, an Oxford University scientist has warned. Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Carl Heneghan said mathematically the document should not have been used to justify the … Read more
The Victorian government is considering fresh lockdown measures as the state is swamped by a second wave of coronavirus. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton today said he would recommend ‘anything necessary’ to stop the spread after 75 new cases were reported on Monday. The last time Victoria recorded that many cases was on 31 March … Read more
In the early days of Britain’s coronavirus outbreak, leading scientists predicted the crisis would take a sombrero-hat shape on graphs. But leading experts say it is unlikely the UK will have a symmetrical curve, instead it could look more like steps as it starts to shoot downwards. None of the UK’s European neighbours have seen … Read more