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The summary of the #RussiaReport (sent to the press) alone is both disturbing and mildly damning of politicians and officials. Suggests government may have “taken its eye off the ball
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Whitty on care homes: “we hadn’t recognised what in retrospect are obvious but were not recognised at the time. Eg, people who were working at multiple homes. People w/o sick
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A tour is poor substitute for the truly systemic challenge the union faces this year: a no trade deal Brexit in December. That event is highly likely to exacerbate the
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On holiday but on procedures in care homes: in my experience following this story from start of crisis there was actually a lot of concern about asymptomatic transmission in the
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Perhaps quote of day from Whitty: "if people don't take mitigation seriously, if people hear a distorted version of what's been said that says this is all fine now, it's
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NEW: ONS has new data on excess deaths.In last fortnight we’ve seen 27,230 deaths registered in England and Wales, that’s 38% above five year average.Deaths in care homes up 125%
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Today has been revelatory in a few key respects and the emend has changed much1) Mr Cummings accepted he made a trip to Barnard Castle (initially dismissed by Nunber 10).
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Central problem-if as DC said, he had no symptoms and his wife didn’t have Covid symptoms, why go to Durham in such haste?-if neither were sure they had Covid, it
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Instant reflections on briefing-Shapps struggled to justify it - idea that he stayed put once he got there isn't convincing-Jenny Harries didn't save him. She repeated importance of following guidelines
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Lots to say about this. No 10 implying Mr Cummings’ wife didn’t travel to Durham and DC did in period before he got symptoms. But even if he was asymptomatic,
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NEW: A&E admissions in England down by 56.6% in April. Overall hospital admission at record lows.Huge concern in medical profession that this is a) contributing significantly to our very high
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A week ago, I gave a list on Newsnight which explained why the situation in care homes was so bad.1. Pressure to accept Covid patients from hospitals2. PPE3. Patchy testing
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