Chris Whitty and Jonathan Van-Tam ‘urge red list is expanded to stop Covid variants

Chris Whitty and Jonathan Van-Tam ‘urge expansion of the red list to stop Covid variants arriving in UK from Europe’ – as Priti Patel says tough border measures could last ALL summer France is of particular concern because it has a large presence of mutant strains  But the majority of people crossing the Channel are … Read more

Vaccines ARE safe for BAME people, Jonathan Van-Tam says

Covid jabs are safe for BAME people, England’s deputy chief medical officer insisted today as he slammed social media scare stories as ‘nonsense’. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam revealed in a Q&A about the coronavirus vaccines that he was concerned uptake is lower and slower in ethnic minority groups.  The Government has repeatedly been warned that black, … Read more

South African Covid variant WON’T take over in Britain, Jonathan Van-Tam says

The South African variant of coronavirus is not likely to take over and become dominant in the UK, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said today.  England’s deputy chief medical officer said in a Downing Street press conference this afternoon that the variant doesn’t seem to spread any faster than others. For a new strain of the virus … Read more

Jonathan Van-Tam ‘delighted’ as mother, 79, gets Covid vaccine

Jonathan Van-Tam said he is ‘delighted’ that his mother received the Covid-19 vaccine at her local GP surgery and has ‘some protection against this deadly virus’. Elizabeth, who turned 79 this month, had her jab at a GP surgery in Whittlesey, six miles east of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire at 11am on Thursday. Her son Professor Van-Tam, … Read more

Covid UK: Jonathan Van-Tam dismisses 3m social distancing rule

Jonathan Van-Tam today shot down calls for a three metre social distancing rule and making masks compulsory outdoors. England’s deputy chief medical officer argued extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus because there is no proof it can travel further in coughs … Read more

New 12-week jab policy will save MANY lives, says deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam

Last week, the UK became the first country in the world to authorise the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and this week we’ll be the first to start using it to inoculate people against Covid-19 – having already given more than a million people an initial first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Deploying this second vaccine is another … Read more

Having vaccine doesn’t mean Britons can act with ‘wild abandon’ says Jonathan Van-Tam 

Having one of the new coronavirus vaccines does not mean Britons, including pensioners, can act with ‘wild abandon and go off to the bingo halls’, the Deputy chief medical officer has said.    Professor Jonathan Van-Tam was asked at Wednesday’s Downing Street press conference whether people who have had two doses of a vaccine would still … Read more

This Morning: Jonathan Van-Tam confirms Santa WILL get Covid vaccine

Next stop Strictly? Number 10 wheels out its ‘favourite’ health chief Jonathan ‘JVT’ Van-Tam to promise Santa will be the FIRST to get jab as metaphor-loving expert makes his debut on This Morning with Holly and Phil Jonathan Van-Tam has been deployed to reassure the public on Covid vaccine Deputy chief medical officer has won … Read more

Jonathan Van-Tam says Father Christmas HAS been given Covid vaccine

‘He’s at the top of our list’: Medical chief Jonathan Van-Tam says Father Christmas HAS been given Covid vaccine, tells Holly and Phil he was ‘tearful’ about breakthrough, and slams ‘nonsense’ anti-vax propaganda as he cements cult status in media blitz Jonathan Van-Tam has been deployed to reassure the public on Covid vaccine Deputy chief … Read more

Social media goes into overdrive as Jonathan Van-Tam launches ANOTHER train analogy

Jonathan Van-Tam lit up social media tonight after trumpeting the approval of a vaccine by reviving his colourful train metaphor. England’s deputy chief medical officer triumphantly declared at a No10 press briefing: ‘The train has now slowed down safely, it is at the station.’ He steamed ahead with the drawn-out analogy, announcing that the train … Read more