Britons may wear facemasks and use hand sanitiser for years to come, even after a successful coronavirus vaccine becomes available, one of the government’s top medics said today. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam warned that there would not be an opportunity to ‘have a massive party and throw out our masks and hand sanitiser’ in a similar … Read more
‘This is Jonathan Van-Tam, over’: deputy chief medical officer appears at No10 briefing from self-isolation due to a ‘household contact’- before bizarrely ending his answers to questions like a truck driver The deputy chief medical officer appeared on television from home Told viewers: I’m actually self-isolating due to a household contact’ Did a decent impression … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer has slapped down calls for a national ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown to wrestle down the surge in coronavirus cases. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said imposing harsh restrictions in low-infection areas would not curb spread of the disease in hotspots such as the North West. Flanking Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press briefing … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer has slapped down calls for a national ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown to wrestle down the surge in coronavirus cases. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said imposing harsh restrictions in low-infection areas would not curb spread of the disease in hotspots such as the North West. Flanking Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press briefing … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer has called for the nation’s 10pm pub curfew to be brought forward to 6pm in an effort to reduce the increasing rates of transmission, according to reports. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam admitted there was little evidence supporting the benefits of a 10pm curfew and said he would prefer a closing time … Read more
The North is bearing the brunt of the second coronavirus wave because it didn’t squash its first outbreak as well, England’s deputy chief medical officer today admitted. Official data shows two thirds of UK hospitalisations from Covid-19 are in Yorkshire, the North East and North West, where swathes have been hit with new Covid-19 rules … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer today pleaded with Britons ‘not to tear the pants out of’ the loosened lockdown when more freedoms are granted on Monday. Professor Jonathan Van Tam gave his colourful instruction as sun-seekers today crowded on to the nation’s beaches and warned that abusing new liberties would fuel the spread of infection. … Read more