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Scientists advising UK government coronavirus response revealed
The names of scientists advising the UK government on the covid-19 pandemic were revealed today, including 50 of the 52 scientists who sit on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) committee. The government had previously been criticised for a lack of transparency about who has been providing the scientific advice that has been informing it’s response to the pandemic.
Of the 50 named scientists, 38 have expertise in virology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, medicine, public health or statistics, according to New Scientist analysis. Five people with expertise in psychology or behavioural science have also been involved.
Over the weekend, David King, a former scientific adviser to the UK government, announced that he has convened an independent panel of experts, prompted by concerns over a lack of transparency. The panel, which is calling itself the Independent SAGE, held its first meeting live on YouTube today.
Other coronavirus developments
In Italy, 4.4 million people returned to work today as the country eased restrictions after a two month lockdown which began on 9 March. Italy was the first country in Europe to have a serious covid-19 outbreak and there have been at least 28,000 deaths due to coronavirus there. Yesterday there were 174 deaths, the lowest daily count since 10 March, the day after the lockdown went into effect.
Researchers in Germany estimate that only one in 10 of the country’s coronavirus cases have been diagnosed. 1.8 million people in Germany may have contracted the virus to date, about 10 times the official number, according to their study.
The European Commission has launched a global coronavirus research fund focused on developing a vaccine and plans to host a virtual fundraising event to encourage donations from philanthropists and other governments. It aims to raise more than £6.6 billion (€7.5 billion) to make up for a funding shortfall for the World Health Organization and other organisations that are fighting the pandemic.
The number of people reporting deep levels of concern and stress in a regular wellbeing survey has more than doubled since late 2019, according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics. Between 20 and 30 March this year, more than 20 per cent of people reported low levels of happiness. People’s main concerns were personal wellbeing, their jobs and the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on their finances.
A draft of the UK government’s plan to ease social distancing restrictions and allow more people back to work has been published by Buzzfeed, which includes staggered working hours and relaxing the requirement to stay more than 2 metres away from other people.
London’s NHS Nightingale hospital is expected to be placed on standby. The converted ExCeL conference centre in east London has the capacity to treat up to 4000 people, but a maximum of only 100 people have been treated there at one time so far. A spokesperson for London’s NHS Nightingale said the fact that it was never close to full capacity was a “mark of success”. It’s one of ten temporary hospitals built to deal with the covid-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus numbers
The worldwide death toll has passed 248,000. The number of confirmed cases is more than 3.5 million, according to the map and dashboard from Johns Hopkins University, though the true number of cases will be much hi gher