Chris Whitty and Jonathan Van-Tam ‘urge expansion of the red list to stop Covid variants arriving in UK from Europe’ – as Priti Patel says tough border measures could last ALL summer France is of particular concern because it has a large presence of mutant strains But the majority of people crossing the Channel are … Read more
Jonathan Van-Tam says he wants to get a Boston United FC TATTOO on his left shoulder after ‘pressure’ of pandemic is over – and insists he doesn’t mind ministers calling him ‘JVT’ Professor Van-Tam says he wants a Boston United tattoo on his left shoulder Last year he revealed he has a season ticket with … Read more
Jonathan Van-Tam said he is ‘delighted’ that his mother received the Covid-19 vaccine at her local GP surgery and has ‘some protection against this deadly virus’. Elizabeth, who turned 79 this month, had her jab at a GP surgery in Whittlesey, six miles east of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire at 11am on Thursday. Her son Professor Van-Tam, … Read more
Jonathan Van-Tam today shot down calls for a three metre social distancing rule and making masks compulsory outdoors. England’s deputy chief medical officer argued extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus because there is no proof it can travel further in coughs … Read more
Jonathan Van-Tam today shot down calls for a three metre social distancing rule and making masks compulsory outdoors. England’s deputy chief medical officer argued extending the social distancing gap would make little difference to the spread of the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus because there is no proof it can travel further in coughs … Read more
Next stop Strictly? Number 10 wheels out its ‘favourite’ health chief Jonathan ‘JVT’ Van-Tam to promise Santa will be the FIRST to get jab as metaphor-loving expert makes his debut on This Morning with Holly and Phil Jonathan Van-Tam has been deployed to reassure the public on Covid vaccine Deputy chief medical officer has won … Read more
‘He’s at the top of our list’: Medical chief Jonathan Van-Tam says Father Christmas HAS been given Covid vaccine, tells Holly and Phil he was ‘tearful’ about breakthrough, and slams ‘nonsense’ anti-vax propaganda as he cements cult status in media blitz Jonathan Van-Tam has been deployed to reassure the public on Covid vaccine Deputy chief … Read more
Jonathan Van-Tam lit up social media tonight after trumpeting the approval of a vaccine by reviving his colourful train metaphor. England’s deputy chief medical officer triumphantly declared at a No10 press briefing: ‘The train has now slowed down safely, it is at the station.’ He steamed ahead with the drawn-out analogy, announcing that the train … Read more
Britons may wear facemasks and use hand sanitiser for years to come, even after a successful coronavirus vaccine becomes available, one of the government’s top medics said today. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam warned that there would not be an opportunity to ‘have a massive party and throw out our masks and hand sanitiser’ in a similar … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer has called for the nation’s 10pm pub curfew to be brought forward to 6pm in an effort to reduce the increasing rates of transmission. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam admitted there was little evidence supporting the benefits of a 10pm curfew and said he would prefer a closing time of 6pm instead … Read more