The science of COVID-19

Science and Technology Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 7 May 2020 Closed: 2 Mar 2021 Parliament page
This inquiry will investigate the scientific and technological aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the nature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, its transmission and spread, the development of vaccines and treatments, and how digital technologies can be used for tracking and modelling. The inquiry aims to help Government and society learn … Read more
11 Oral sessions
2 Letters
14 Events
Activity timeline 27 events
2 Mar
2021
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Virtual meeting
4 Nov
2020
Correspondence
22 Sep
2020
Oral evidence
22 Sep
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting (webcast)
15 Sep
2020
Oral evidence
15 Sep
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting (webcast)
8 Sep
2020
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Virtual meeting
24 Jul
2020
Correspondence
21 Jul
2020
Oral evidence
21 Jul
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting
17 Jul
2020
Oral evidence
17 Jul
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting (webcast)
Oral evidence sessions 11 sessions
22 Sep 2020
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Caroline Abrahams · Age UK Dr Michael Bloomfield · University College London Dr Nichola Rooney · British Psychological Society Dr Tamsin Ford CBE · University of Cambridge Professor Matthew Hotopf CBE · King's College London Professor Sonia Johnson · University College London
15 Sep 2020
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Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan · Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust Professor Chris Brightling · University of Leicester Professor Donal O'Donoghue · Royal College of Physicians Professor Kamlesh Khunti · University of Leicester Professor Sebastian Brandner · Royal College of Pathologists Professor Tom Solomon · University of Liverpool
21 Jul 2020
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Professor Baron Peter Piot KCMG · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Professor Dame Anne Johnson · University College London Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan · Royal Society Sir Paul Nurse · The Francis Crick Institute
17 Jul 2020
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Professor Chris Whitty · Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Professor Nick Phin · Public Health England Sir Patrick Vallance · Government Office for Science
6 Jul 2020
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Dr Michael Veale · UCL Hugh Whittall · Nuffield Council on Bioethics Iain Bell · Office for National Statistics Simon Thompson · Department of Health and Social Care The Baroness Harding of Winscombe · NHS Improvement
29 Jun 2020
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Dr Sheuli Porkess · Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry Dr Sir Michael Jacobs · Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Professor Allyson Pollock · Newcastle University Professor Christophe Fraser · University of Oxford Professor Noel McCarthy · University of Warwick Professor Peter Horby · University of Oxford
23 Jun 2020
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Dr Ian Gray · Sanofi Pasteur Professor Arne Akbar · UCL Professor Peter Openshaw · Imperial College London Professor Robin Shattock · Imperial College London Professor Sarah Gilbert · University of Oxford Professor Ultan Power · Queen's University Belfast
15 Jun 2020
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Dr Elizabeth Whittaker · St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust Dr Manu Shankar-Hari · King's College London Professor Adrian Hayday · King's College London Professor Beverley Hunt OBE · Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Professor Massimo Palmarini · MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow Professor Mauro Giacca · King's College London Professor Sir John Bell · Oxford University
9 Jun 2020
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Professor Andrew Hayward · UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care Professor David Halpern · Behavioural Insights Team Professor Jon Deeks · University of Birmingham Professor Lucy Yardley · University of Southampton Professor Sheila Bird · College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh Professor Sir John Burn · Newcastle University Professor Susan Michie · University College London
2 Jun 2020
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Dr Adam Kucharski · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Dr Ellen Brooks Pollock · University of Bristol Dr Paul Birrell · University of Cambridge Professor Mark Woolhouse OBE · University of Edinburgh Professor Matt Keeling · University of Warwick Professor Neil Ferguson OBE · Imperial College London
19 May 2020
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Dr Rosalind Eggo · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Dr Samantha Lycett · University of Edinburgh Professor Danny Altmann · Imperial College London Professor David Robertson · University of Glasgow Professor John Edmunds OBE · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor Jonathan Ball · University of Nottingham
Correspondence 2 letters
4 Nov 2020 To committee 9 October 2020 - Letter from the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister to Lord Patel, ref COVID-19 pandemic: preparing for winter
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24 Jul 2020 To committee 23 July 2020 - Letter from Lord Patel to Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister, ref COVID-19 pandemic: preparing for winter
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