Jonathan Van-Tam resigns from role as deputy chief medical officer
Sajid Javid confirmed the news on Thursday England’s deputy chief medical officer Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam will be leaving his role at the end of March. He will be leaving his role in government and returning to his role in academia at the University of Nottingham. Prof Van-Tam became a household name during the pandemic […]
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New Year Honours list: Tony Blair and Chris Whitty knighted, David Beckham snubbed
The former England captain could be in line for a June knighthood Tony Blair, Professor Chris Whitty and Professor Jonathan Van-Tam have all been named in today’s New Year Honours and will be knighted in 2022 – while football icon David Beckham was left off the list. The list – which was released earlier today […]
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Chris Whitty warns it is ‘inevitable’ unvaccinated children will catch Covid
Whitty also estimated that around 50% of children in the country have already had Covid-19 England’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has said that it is “really quite inevitable” that children will contract coronavirus if they remain unvaccinated. Addressing the Commons education committee, Whitty and deputy medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam were arguing why 12-15-year-olds […]
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South Africa strain ‘unlikely to become dominant in UK’, Van-Tam says
Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam says the South African variant of Covid-19 is ‘unlikely’ to become dominant throughout the UK
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Jonathan Van-Tam says coronavirus will ‘be with humankind forever’
Van-Tam was speaking at a government presser alongside the prime minister Prime minister Boris Johnson was left looking flustered during a government press conference on Wednesday evening after Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van-Tam said that he doesn’t for see a future for society without masks. Speaking at a press conference on the day that […]
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