Jonathan Van-Tam

How Long Will Travel Quarantines Remain In Place?

Quiet minority of MPs wonder if the hotel plan will actually work
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Still 'Too Early' To Book Summer Holidays, Warns Jonathan Van-Tam

Deputy chief medical officer cautions those making plans with other households over "making guesses about the unknown".
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Watch Live: Matt Hancock Gives Coronavirus Briefing As Over 12 Million Have Been Vaccinated

Health secretary Matt Hancock gives a coronavirus press briefing as the UK reports 12.2 million people have been vaccinated, with another 333 deaths in the past 24 hours. Earlier, South Africa temporarily halted the rollout of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine after one report suggests its effectiveness against the South African variant was greatly diminished.
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Why A Scientists Rebellion, Not A Tory Rebellion, Is What Boris Johnson Should Fear Most

Mid-February vaccination target looks on course, but that’s when the PM has his next big challenge.
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Will Boris Johnson Face More Awkward Moments With His Scientists This Winter?

Plan to give Tory MPs their "tiny tiers" threatens a new split with advisers.
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'We're On The Glide Path': Cult Hero Jonathan Van-Tam Nails Another Metaphor

Fans also loved "JVT" ending his monologues with a truck driver's "over".
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UK Government Trapped In Metaphor Hell In Response To Vaccine Hope

Tooting on bugles. Penalty shoot-outs. Train doors.
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National Circuit Breaker Lockdown Would Be Wrong 'Right Now', Top Scientist Says

Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam says "hard measures" are needed where the virus is "out of control" but not across England.
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Scientists 3, Johnson 0. How The PM Finally Met His Match On Covid

Sage minutes lay bare the truth. A big political danger for him, a bigger public health danger for the rest of us?
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Nightingale Hospitals Told To Mobilise To Cope With Second Wave Of Coronavirus

NHS warns there are now more Covid-19 patients in hospital than when lockdown was imposed in March.
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