Pfizer and AstraZeneca have rejected Government warnings of months-long vaccine supply gaps, claiming there will be enough doses to hit the country’s ambitious targets. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty this week warned that vaccine availability issues will ‘remain the case for several months’ as firms struggle to keep up with global demand. In a bid … Read more
Pfizer and AstraZeneca have rejected Government warnings of months-long vaccine supply gaps, claiming there will be enough doses to hit the country’s ambitious targets. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty this week warned that vaccine availability issues will ‘remain the case for several months’ as firms struggle to keep up with global demand. In a bid … Read more
Chris Whitty has warned vaccine shortages could last for months as GPs blast Britain’s ‘grossly unfair’ plan to delay thousands of vulnerable people’s second dose of a Covid-19 jab so that more people can receive their first injection. Chris Whitty, joined by CMOs for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, say the first dose offers ‘substantial … Read more
We are ALL heading for Tier 4: Science chief’s warning as Chris Whitty says Covid hospital cases could match the April peak by New Year England put on notice for New Year lockdown amid warnings of mutant strain Chris Whitty said number of Covid patients in hospital on course to match April Sir Patrick Vallance … Read more
Questions are being raised about why Government scientists didn’t sound the alarm over the new mutated strain of coronavirus until last week despite discovering it two months ago – amid claims data may have been held back to force Number 10 into a rash lockdown. Top experts have also slammed the claim peddled by Boris … Read more
The top scientific adviser who quit after breaking lockdown to see his married lover played a major role in the dramatic U-turn on Christmas. Professor Neil Ferguson was among those attending a meeting of Nervtag – the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group – to discuss the new mutant strain of coronavirus on … Read more
The Chief Medical Officer last night reassured the public that vaccines should still be effective against the new ‘mutant’ strain taking hold across Britain – amid signs the game-changing Oxford jab will soon be approved. Providing positive news on a grim day in the fight against coronavirus, Professor Chris Whitty said there were no indications … Read more
Matt Hancock reminds me of Pinocchio. Especially that bit when the wooden-headed puppet dances down the road between the Fox and the Cat. He thinks he’s the cock of the walk. In fact he’s a dupe. I wonder if Hancock’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance see themselves as … Read more
Chris Whitty confirms new Covid strain IS more contagious but there is NO evidence it is more deadly or resistant to vaccine after cases soar in Kent and South East Chris Whitty said variant does ‘spread more quickly’ than previouse strains But stressed there is nothing to suggest it is more deadly or resistant to … Read more
Chris Whitty warns of looming health crisis over rural elderly who risk missing out on NHS care Chief medical officer Professor Chris Witter has issued a dire warning to elderly Those suffering from serious illness could be left behind with no access to NHS This will happen unless urgent action is taken, he said, to … Read more