Press release More than 20,000 British travellers, on 83 Government charter flights, will return to the UK from across South Asia by 7 May. In recent days, 28 further charter flights from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan have been announced, w… read more
Welcome to today’s Downing Street Press Conference. I’m pleased to be joined by Professor Jonathan Van Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and also Professor Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director at Public Health England. Let me just start by saying, I think … read more
News story Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) Sir Patrick Vallance comments on the sad news that Robert May has passed away. Sir Patrick Vallance said: Robert May was Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 1995 to 2000 and was inf… read more
new data on COVID-19 deaths to take effect from today the new daily count includes deaths in all settings with COVID-19 for the first time data will complement the new Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures on c… read more
Thank you very much, Mr President, and thank you for your characteristically clear briefing. Mr President, as we said last time we met, we remain deeply concerned about the devastating potential impact that COVID-19 could have in Syria, a country alre… read more