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6 Oct, 6 tweets, 2 min read
🧵 In yesterday’s session on the UK Government’s ‘winter plan’ MPs and Peers heard how the UK is more vulnerable to a Covid winter surge than its European neighbours.

independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
Professor Neil Ferguson warned that “we don’t have very much headroom” for an increase in cases in the months ahead.

the-sun.com/health/3796965…
He added that Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Portugal have much lower levels of Covid-19 than Britain and can therefore “afford to see something of a surge in transmission” without “unduly stressing” their health systems.

theguardian.com/world/2021/oct…
Dr Jonathan Cylus, also told the APPG that “this is not a good way to start the winter”, adding that Britain was the “canary in the coal mine” for the rest of Europe.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/0…
The political decision to "live with Covid" is behind the UK's current levels of transmission, said Prof Ferguson, adding that the government's Plan B for tacking Covid could be triggered if hospital admissions doubled to reach 1,200 a day. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/s…
When asked about whether the UK wants to keep case rates down, Prof Ferguson said: "The government clearly has said, it's not really science here, it's a political judgment, they want to live with Covid.” dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

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In a new report published today we have called on the government to urgently set out a timetable for the Covid-19 public inquiry, we believe it is essential that the inquiry publishes its interim findings prior to the next UK general election. telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
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International Travel Report 📄

Summary of recommendations 👇🏼
1️⃣ The government should discourage all international leisure travel to prevent the importation of new variants & to reduce the risk of a third wave and further lockdowns. The government must also provide adequate financial support to businesses operating in the travel industry.
2️⃣ In the interim and going forward where essential international travel is
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New ONS figures show three in ten black people over 50 still haven't been vaccinated in England:

“Black Caribbean and black African people are the least likely over-50s to have got a jab, at 66.8% and 71.2% respectively.”

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This pandemic has already exposed deep inequalities in our society.

We cannot allow schemes like vaccine passports to make this worse and alienate communities where vaccine take-up is already low
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On Monday we published a report on overseas travel & #COVID19 variants.

“The group of more than 60 MPs and peers said the government should discourage people from travelling abroad unless it was essential.”

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-569702…
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“I’d love to be on a beach - but it's just not safe for Brits to go on holiday yet”

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
"We wouldn't want to have for the sake of one summer holiday us go backwards and have a further wave and a further lockdown." - @LaylaMoran

news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
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📑 Read the Interim Report published today here.

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appgcoronavirus.marchforchange.uk/interim_report
1️⃣ EXIT STRATEGY.

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Control. Suppress. Eliminate.
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The APPG recommends that the UK government empowers local authorities to deliver a Find, Test, Trace, Isolate and Support system, backed up with proper financial support and assistance for those isolating.
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