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lockdown.Data from Public Health England (PHE) shows a rise in cases from 520 to 1,313 this week in the UK.Dr Susan Hopkins, Covid-19 strategic response director at PHE, said: "We need to act collectively and responsibly to ensure that variants do not impact on the progress we have all made to drive down levels of Covid-19 and the increased freedom that brings."The Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) committee held an urgent meeting on Thursday to discuss the variant.The Prime Minister said: "It is a variant of concern, we are anxious about it."At the moment there is a very wide range of scientific opinion about what could happen."We want to make sure we take all the prudential, cautious steps now that we could

covid strains and seasonal flu will surge at the same time. Dr.

Britain will have to “prepare for a hard winter”, a medical chief warned today amid fears flu and new strains of coronavirus could surge at the same time.

direct to your inboxMatt Hancock confirmed that coronavirus cases, hospital admissions and deaths are continuing to fall as more and more people become vaccinated in the UK. The Health Secretary led the latest Downing Street press conference alongside Public Health England’s Dr Susan Hopkins.

direct to your inboxThe missing person who tested positive for a coronavirus 'variant of concern', first identified in Manaus, Brazil, has reportedly been found.Health officials were hunting for the unknown individual after six cases of the P1 variant were detected in England and Scotland towards the end of last week.One of the six cases could not be tracked because a form filled in on their arrival in the country had missing details.The missing individual has now been found after a five-day search and all their contacts have been traced, the BBC reports.On Tuesday, health secretary Matt Hancock said the hunt for the missing person had been narrowed down to 379 households in the south east of England.Dr Susan Hopkins, of Public Health

direct to your inbox Matt Hancock led a press briefing this evening to provide an update on the latest coronavirus developments.

Covid rules to meet up and have sex.Mr Hancock was joined by Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van Tam and Dr Susan Hopkins, Senior Medical Advisor at Public Health England at Friday's Downing Street press conference.At the press conference, Hannah, from Belfast, asked the Health Secretary: "Why has the Government removed guidance from last summer, allowing couples in established relationships not to socially distance from each other?"And will support bubbles be extended to allow couples to see each other again without limits on social contact?"Mr Hancock replied: "We made the change that we did because as we went into the lockdown over the Autumn, in November, and then again at the start of January, we wanted to make sure that we did

Daily Mirror that the Government is likely to follow their advice.

direct to your inboxThe UK is still a 'far away' from achieving herd immunity as only one in ten people are currently protected against Covid-19.Dr Susan Hopkins, Covid-19 strategic response director at Public Health England told a Downing Street press conference the UK is still far away from where it needs to be."Herd immunity is a word we use to describe the immunity we get from vaccination," she told the briefing."One in 10 people having immunity is far away from where we need to be."Dr Hopkins said the biggest job was to roll out vaccination to individuals who are at a high risk of death and hospitalisation, and then to the rest of the population."Once we've done that, then we will have herd immunity," she added."We should not be

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Covid won't stop you catching or spreading virus again. The public is being reminded not to flout lockdown rules or take risks just because they have recovered from coronavirus in the past.

England will have a “difficult time at least until Easter” with coronavirus, a public health chief has warned.

direct to your inboxThere is 'strong evidence' vaccines will work against the new strains of coronavirus, a top government health expert has said.A mutated variant of Covid-19 emerged in the South East of England earlier this month and is said to behind the recent spike in infections.And two cases of another new strain, which originated in South Africa, have been discovered in the UK it was announced today.But speaking at a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday, infectious diseases expert Dr Susan Hopkins said there was confidence the vaccines would work against all forms of Covid-19.And Dr Hopkins, of Public Health England, also outlined the measures that are being taken to check the vaccine's effectiveness.She added: "We have no

Scientists today confirmed they have drawn up plans the government could use to relax lockdown over Christmas.

Matt Hancock refused to rule out an extension to the current coronavirus lockdown amid fears it could stretch into Christmas.

coronavirus tier system could ruin family Christmases. A government expert warned that the lowest tier was less effective at reducing, recommending that they should be tightened until a Covid-19 vaccine can be implemented.Dr Susan Hopkins, of Public Health England, told a Downing Street briefing that tier 1 had shown "very little effect".This could mean that there is a ban on households mixing indoors after the national lockdown ends, jeopardising hopes families will be able to spend Christmas with their loved ones unless they live together.Dr Hopkins said the higher tiers appeared to be working well before the second lockdown was introduced on November 5.

The three-tier lockdown approach introduced in England may have to be "strengthened" over winter, a leading doctor has warned.Public Health England's Dr Susan Hopkins, medical advisor of the coronavirus response, said they've recognised that the Tier approach, introduced by the Prime Minister in October, had a different effect in each area of the country.Although Tier 3 worked at reducing cases in the north, the doctor said that Tier 1 had "very little effect".Meanwhile, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it's "too early" to see any impact from the national lockdown, which is due to end on December 2 in just over two weeks.Speaking at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing on Monday, Dr Hopkins said: “We have recognised that the tiering of

Coronavirus restriction tiers may have to be strengthened after England comes out of lockdown, a government expert has warned.

Boris Johnson will address the nation on the latest with coronavirus later today.The Prime Minister, speaking from Downing Street, will be joined by the government's chief scientific advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance.Public Health England's deputy director of the national infection service, Dr Susan Hopkins, will also speak at the conference.It is set to take place at 4pm today.

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