Head of Boris Johnson’s vaccine taskforce bills taxpayers £670,000 for a team of boutique PR consultants to oversee her media strategy Kate Bingham, 55, has hired eight full-time consultants from Admiral Associates Costs involved mean that each consultant is on the equivalent of £167,000 a year Team help Ms Bingham to draft statements and prepare for … Read more
The head of Britain’s Vaccine Taskforce has been slammed for revealing secret government plans on potential vaccines to financiers at an American venture capital conference. Kate Bingham, a venture capitalist who is married to a Conservative Treasury minister, spent an hour talking about the UK government‘s Covid strategy to a ‘premier webinar and networking event’ … Read more
A coronavirus jab might not provide full immunity against the disease, the head of Britain’s vaccine task force warned today. Kate Bingham told MPs she was confident the world would have some form of Covid-19 vaccine by early 2021. But she said she was less optimistic that the jab could protect against catching the infection and … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday admitted he backed down on disbanding the White House Coronavirus Task Force after the outcry raised when the White House announced its closure. He said he thought it could be closed sooner and hadn’t realized how popular it was with the American people as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic. ‘I … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the decision to disband his coronavirus task force despite 70,000 Americans dying and infections rates still headed upward. ‘We can’t keep our country closed for the next five years. You could say there might be a recurrence and there might be,’ Trump said, when pressed about his decision to … Read more
Members of the White House coronavirus task force that has drawn worldwide attention amid the outbreak are being told it is ‘winding down’ even as the number of U.S. deaths and infections are projected to rise. The task force, which was put under the domain of Vice President Mike Pence only to have President Donald Trump take … Read more