Coronavirus: Disease Control
(asked on 20th April 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government’s news story, Coronavirus (COVID-19): scientific evidence supporting the UK government response, published on 20 March 2020, what steps he has taken to ensure that the evidence-base used to develop guidance on behavioural change is effectively communicated to the public.
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) provides timely and coordinated scientific and technical advice to support United Kingdom cross-Government decision-makers during emergencies.
We recognise that transparency is important in these unprecedented times. We are therefore continuing to publish the statements and the accompanying evidence to demonstrate how our understanding of COVID-19 has continued to evolve as new data emerges, and how SAGE’s advice has quickly adapted to new findings that reflect a changing situation.
The most recent advice was published on 5 May 2020 with a more regular publishing cycle to follow.
The scientific evidence supporting the Government response to COVID-19, including the evidence-base used to develop guidance on behavioural change can be found at the following link: