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VARIANTS update for the UK from PHE data released today (delayed from yesterday due to the local elections).P.1.617.2 declared a Variant of Concern (in orange bold on the charts). Significant

Analysis of today's PHE surveillance report.A short thread.While Covid cases may be low in many parts of the country, there are still rates of over 70 cases per 100,000, in

Public Health England have updated their analysis of Variants of Concern and Variants under Investigation. It is great that this expert analysis has been published.Some commentary. Firstly, the India variant

Vaccination progress is excellent - but it's worth noting there are disparities. It was good to hear in yesterday's Number 10 press conference that some of these disparities are being

Herd Immunity.I've built a model to show the concept of herd immunity.It shows why we need to not leave hard-to-reach parts of the population unvaccinated.A thread. Herd immunity, also called

Let's take a little review of where we are with UK Covid restrictions.It wasn't meant to be like this.A Thread.With apologies to Nandos. It wasn't meant to be like this.

It was great to speak to @JuliaHB1 on @talkRADIO this morning. Here's a clip of the interview.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8oaS2k28qoAnd a thread on what I was saying in that interview. Is Test and

Matt Hancock told the Commons today, placing Stoke, Coventry & Slough into Tier 2"In all those areas, there are more than 100 positive cases per 100,000 people, cases are doubling

Public Health England have published their latest (week 42) Influenza and COVID-19 Surveillance report.It covers the period of week 41: 5-11 October 2020 "Several surveillance indicators suggest that COVID-19 activity

Commentary on the Slide Pack shown to MPs'COVID-19 TaskForce: Data briefing 8 October 2020'Here it is:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925332/Evidence_pack_parliamentary

Public Health England have published their latest (week 41) COVID surveillance report. However, this is in a new format called the 'influenza and COVID-19 surveillance report'. It is not clear

One thing civil servants learn is to write things down. Here is @acadmedsci's 14 July report commissioned by @uksciencechief. For the record. It sets out what was known in July,