{"id":152523,"date":"2020-07-16T15:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T13:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/07\/16\/uk-coronavirus-live-mps-question-patrick-vallance-on-government-response-to-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:50:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T13:50:28","slug":"uk-coronavirus-live-mps-question-patrick-vallance-on-government-response-to-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=152523","title":{"rendered":"UK coronavirus live: MPs question Patrick Vallance on government response to pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News updates: Unemployment grew by 74,000 in June; Scotland records first Covid-related death in eight daysRussian state-sponsored hackers target Covid-19 vaccine researchersExclusive: England\u2019s face mask law could backfire, says EU expertUK employment drops by 650,000Scottish children need post-Covid-19 mental health careGlobal coronavirus updates \u2013 live 2.48pm BST Asked his views on the UK\u2019s response to the coronavirus pandemic not being \u201cthe most admired in the world\u201d, Vallance said: \u201cIt\u2019s clear that the outcome has not been good in the UK, I think you can be absolutely clear about that.\u201dHe stressed that adequate \u201cdata systems\u201d needed to be in place so that authorities had the necessary information to deal with emergencies such as the pandemic. 2.42pm BST Sir Patrick Vallance has just been asked if there were any instances in which the government had gone against scientific advice on Covid-19.\u201cIn general, what I can be absolutely clear about is that those making policy decisions have heard and understood the scientific advice,\u201d Vallance said. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/jul\/16\/coronavirus-uk-649000-people-lose-jobs-during-lockdown-live-updates\" target=\"_blank\">UK coronavirus live: MPs question Patrick Vallance on government response to pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News updates: Unemployment grew by 74,000 in June; Scotland records first Covid-related death in eight daysRussian state-sponsored hackers target Covid-19 vaccine researchersExclusive: England\u2019s face mask law could backfire, says EU expertUK employment drops by 650,000Scottish children need post-Covid-19 mental health careGlobal coronavirus updates \u2013 live 2.48pm BST Asked his views [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}