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I regret saying ‘herd immunity’, Vallance tells UK Covid inquiry

Chief scientific adviser says term was misunderstood and mistakenly taken to be government policy

The Guardian - UK

UK took action too late against COVID-19 during first wave of pandemic, top medical officer says

The U.K.'s chief medical adviser says Britain’s government was too late in taking action against the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020

The Independent UK

The way Boris Johnson made decisions was ‘unique’ – Sir Chris Whitty

England’s chief medical officer has been giving evidence to the UK’s public inquiry into Covid-19.

The Independent UK

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Action against Covid-19 was taken too late, Whitty tells pandemic inquiry

England’s chief medical officer said the risks of going into lockdown too early or too late had to be balanced.

The Independent UK

Watch Live: Chief medical officer Chris Whitty gives evidence to Britain’s Covid inquiry

Watch live as chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty gives evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry later on Tuesday (21 November)

The Independent UK

Chris Whitty, England’s voice of calm authority during Covid crisis

Chief medical officer embodied the return of the expert as he became a household name during pandemic

The Guardian - UK

National living wage to rise to £11.44 an hour from April and extended to 21-year-olds – as it happened

Treasury confirms the national living wage will increase by over a pound an hour from April

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Covid Inquiry LIVE: Sir Chris Whitty says UK waited 'too long' to impose first lockdown

Chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty has told the Covid inquiry that the UK was "a bit too late" in imposing the first national lockdown in March 2020.

Evening Standard

Sunak 'let them die' Covid row: Government was out to 'save lives and livelihoods,' says minister

England's Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty will appear before Covid Inquiry a day after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance offered his insights into ministers’ handling of the pandemic

Evening Standard

Sir Chris Whitty to face questions at Covid inquiry

His appearance comes a day after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance offered his insights into ministers’ handling of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry: scientists and the government under the microscope

Editorial: Expanding on his late-night diary entries, Sir Patrick Vallance gave crucial evidence from a unique perspective

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak thought government should ‘let people die’, Covid inquiry told in bombshell claim

Sunak believed it was ‘okay’ to ‘just let people die’, according to diaries from the former chief scientific adviser in one of the most explosive claims yet

The Independent UK

Patrick Vallance contradicts Rishi Sunak’s evidence to Covid inquiry

PM would almost certainly have known concerns over ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, says former chief scientific adviser

The Guardian - UK

Sunak suggested ‘handling the scientists’ and not virus, Covid probe is told

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard from former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

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Boris Johnson was ‘bamboozled’ by science during the pandemic, Patrick Vallance reveals

Sir Patrick Vallance’s bombshell diary entries revealed in excruciating detail how the former prime minister struggled to understand graphs and ‘just could not get’ some scientific concepts

The Guardian - UK

How Patrick Vallance’s explosive diaries exposed Covid chaos inside No 10

Testimony of government’s former chief scientific adviser, whose diary provides a vital chronicle of the pandemic, is eagerly awaited

Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry LIVE: Cummings claimed Sunak said 'just let people die' during pandemic, diary from science chief says

Chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty has told the Covid inquiry that the UK was "a bit too late" in imposing the first national lockdown in March 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Scientists set to expose chaos and disagreement in UK government at Covid inquiry

The Eat out to help out scheme will face scrutiny when Patrick Vallance, Chris Whitty and Angela McLean appear this week

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The Independent UK

Vallance and Whitty to give evidence at UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Sir Patrick Vallance is expected to give evidence on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Why boosting quality of life is the best medicine

Letters: Readers respond to the call from England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, for doctors to prioritise quality of life over quantity of life

The Independent UK

Chris Whitty has revealed the ‘old-fashioned’ tricks to living longer

His report also calls on government ‘to restrict the concentration of hot food takeaways in an area’

The Guardian - UK

Prioritise quality of life over prolonging it for elderly, Chris Whitty tells medics

England’s chief medical officer says more realistic conversations needed about some treatments’ side-effects

The Independent UK

People should adopt ‘old-fashioned’ ways of staying healthy – Sir Chris Whitty

Making it easy and attractive for people to exercise is one of the most effective ways of maintaining independence, the Chief Medical Officer said.

The Guardian - UK

I feared scientific advisers were being used by the government – the Covid inquiry shows they were

I told Chris Whitty at the time that scientists were providing cover for weak leaders taking harmful decisions, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson ‘can't lead’ and making Government ‘impossible’, top civil servant Simon Case said during Covid

The UK’s top civil servant vented that Boris Johnson ‘cannot lead’ amid pandemic-era frustration with the Prime Minister’s leadership

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