New TV ad fronted by the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty urges people to stay at home in the face of rapidly rising rate of coronavirus infections and pressures facing the NHS Massive public information campaign will run across TV, radio… read more
The Government has ordered two million of the first British-manufactured rapid lateral flow antigen tests for COVID-19 to be validated by Public Health England, for use in asymptomatic testing, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has announc… read more
Britons will again be cheered by the news that yet another vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. Friday’s authorisation of the Moderna vaccine for (coronavirus) COVID-19 means we will, by spring, have 3 safe and effective vaccines to use. A vac… read more
We begin 2021 knowing that vaccines are our way out of this pandemic. Human ingenuity and phenomenal scientific advances make it a case of when, not if, we will return back to normal life. The cavalry is here courtesy of our vaccination programme and … read more
Press release Chief Medical Adviser for NHS Test and Trace, Susan Hopkins, on the importance of testing those without symptoms. We now know that around one in three people who have coronavirus never show any symptoms but that does not mean t… read more