Cleaners disinfect the area around the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque in this 24 April file photo
Saudi Arabia won't be allowing foreign visitors to make the annual Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, this year because of the risk of coronavirus. So who's likely to be most affected? In 2019, there were a total of 2.49 million pilgrims at the Hajj out of whom 1.8 million were international visitors, according to official Saudi statistics.
What’s the plan Mr. Whitty, self distancing 1m, packed beaches, protests every weekend, rave parties, because that seems to be the plan for quite a lot of people
jasonleitch We need: *Masks4All when out.If80% as effective as lockdown. *VitD4All. In pandemic, all need normal VitaminD. More BAME have low D, even in summer. I take 1000IU/day. Low D ~Poor Covid outcome *Sterilise ALL public rooms& transport by FarUV Units 207-222nm. Works.Safe4skin&eyes
Well we'll be in it when it gets cold again, that's how these kinda virus work. Best way to fight it, get fit. Where's that message?
MartinSLewis Yet all of a sudden everywhere nearly is opening, people taking flights to Spain, distancing reduced and the daily updates cancelled, when they know that its nearly guaranteed the numbers will escalate again!
AJFeneley Remember this is what the Govt were hoping for, at start of the infection they hoped for good weather to reduce COVID-19 spreading, just imagine what’s going to happen in the Autumn & winter. Just when you thought it safe to venture out 🦠 🦈
Your talking till next year to get back fully normal he’s right
How will we know if second wave has been averted if figures are not published and broadcast. Willthe daily reports continue or will they be replaced with ‘Pointless’ BBCPointlessTV
MartinSLewis I feel the same MartinSLewis I am concerned that shielding for the clinically extremely vulnerable is being paused! maintaining a strict social distance! We know we don't have an immune system, but jo blocks don't! I would be a nervous wreck watching everyone's move around me!
ExasperatedTory I know who I believe & it’s not the liar who currently wanders about pretending to be a Prime minister
Nobody cares any more the window of attention has passed
'Should plan'...now there is a term that is alien to this Govt. Should lie about it maybe nearer the mark
Being that the daily briefings are at an end. This Whitty guy should get his own show, I like the cut of his gib and it worked for Tony Danza after Taxi.
This bloke depresses me. He’s like Dr Death or Dr gloom n doom. I can’t listen to him anymore. He never has anything positive to say. Boris prob cringes at him
Whereas the likes of Spain are getting single number deaths and really low cases today, this country didn't comply enough and now paying the price and still will. Announcing reopenings the day we had another 200+ deaths is a joke
What about weddings we can people get married
So you’ll be really pointing out all the cases where people aren’t sticking to the rules and really calling h thy em all out won’t you?
jasonleitch IT IS UTTER UTTER MADNESS NOT TO INSIST UPON THE COMPULSORY WEARING OF MASKS IN PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES ON PAIN OF BEING FINED. BORIS, YOU ARE A FOOL, & ARE GOING TO THROW AWAY THE HUGE EFFORT MADE BY THE BRITISH PEOPLE TO BRING THE NUMBERS DOWN!
Well done Boris! You've managed to make a decision worse than the delayed lockdown; an early reopening. I'd like to thank you personally, for putting my life on hold; 30s, single, no chance of meeting someone&starting my own family anytime soon. Fuck you.
mancunianmedic Does Professor Whitty look to you like a man determined to hang on to his integrity even though his 'boss' has lent on him pretty hard? Yes, me too
When are you going to resign? Your strategy, herd immunity, cost thousands of lives and damaged the economy in billions. The virus is in every corner of the country. Shame, the arrogance of we are the best can, in reality, mean we are the worst.
Is this after they ran a campaign to generate £50 billion for a charity?
MartinSLewis
Has 'science' triumphed over the common cold Prof. Whitty? Nope. Is there one successful,safe vaccine for any coronavirus,Prof. Whitty, in all of world history? Nope. Has someone run the Marathon in under 1 hour? Nope. Can Coronaviruses run twice as fast 'science'. Yes.
So is that why he's not opposed to lifting the lockdown? Strange science.
MartinSLewis This is scaremongering at it finest. They know they are safe&love to scare all of us.
Wetherspoons will have a special offer on Corona
Has Crris Whitty had a nasty knock on the head?
chris shitty, oops predictive text, is an idiot.
Give us the good news first please
So, what he is saying is for everyone to use some common sense.... That rules out the BLM / Beach / Nike shoppers hordes...
For a virus that does not affect the majority of people, you really are pathetic!
Surprised? Why wouldn't things return to normal now we know the virus isn't a particularly serious health threat.
Absolute bell end of the biggest order
Whitty and Vallance have lost all credibility and are seen as craven apologists for an appalling government response.
DC what people say vaccine probs in autumn should be Tories do ya fcking job
MartinSLewis Yet again stupid boris putting peoples lives at risk lifting so many angles he has lost the plot
But most people won't die.
this will go on for years...don't you realise that?! Years..! Covid is here to stay people...be prepared!! newNormal
MartinSLewis Really don't want to be working from home everyday for another 12 months or more. I know for some people it's fine, but for the state of my mental health I need to be around people that are not 5 years old. . .
We will never get out of this crisis due to the inept policies of this govt. They belong behind bars. Their first priority is to protect the people and they have failed.
___ckbme___ BorisJohnson Please explain
Obviously the economy needs to recover but my sheltered mother and I went into our own lockdown several weeks before everyone else, and will stay in this seclusion until a vaccine arrives no matter what politicians say - when has anyone ever believed politicians?
MartinSLewis Dear BBC he said both good and bad BUT you chose only to broadcast the BAD Shame on you
bbc5live So standby for the cold and flu season and the kids are bringing it home from school. Isolation everywhere and everyone trying to get tested. Oh well we have MattHancock to sort it out.
MartinSLewis Is that code for I don't agree with this relaxation?
He has absolute confidence in science to defeat the virus 'Whether by drugs, vaccines or (stammer) other things which come into play' What 'other things' ?
Wasn't this the same dude that said 20,000 deaths or less is a good thing?
'F.O u Knob' cones to mind!
The conspiracy theories are strong today!
In that case, why not make the effort to stamp it out now, before winter comes around? We already have the third highest death toll in the world.
Whitty/Harries/Van Tam/PHE: credibility? Nil.
MartinSLewis I absolutely have a man crush on professor Witty. It's his purely aesthetic mind. Because obviously... He's a bit ropey looking.
Chris Whitty should do the right thing. No job is worth selling your conscience and professional reputation for CMO_England
MartinSLewis The vulnerable have be thrown to the Wolves
MartinSLewis What are we supposed to do then? Ur telling us that it’s not safe- why the hell are you lifting lockdown - only to expect it all to be shutdown in 2 months Economy over lives
MartinSLewis OH F***K OFF WHITTY. Go play doctors and nurses with Kill Bill.....
MartinSLewis already written this year off as a loss for having a life anyways. lets hope this ends before next summer.
MartinSLewis How did New Zealand do it? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Boris is gonna get thousands more killed at this rate. It's quite clear he doesn't follow the science.
There you have it. Complete incompetence by Government. Mixed messages, little or no planning. Brace yourselves NHS.
BBCPolitics I know who I believe and it isn’t Johnson. Covid plus flu this winter. No normal until we have a vaccine.
Thank you Professor Whitty for your directness 😊Everything you have said makes absolute sense personally I won’t be visiting pubs or the beaches restaurants in my area for summer as we will be inundated with tourists I’m dreading it
It is quite clear both Whitty and Vallance think the Government are avoiding their advice. Both should have given clear advice and resigned at the briefing and embarrassed Johnson on national TV
Still waiting for second wave from blm protests.Or has it forgot?
Seems a strange comment but personally I am looking forward to things getting back to normal asap.
Of course, you would say that Whitty, when you have pocketed a nice sum from Kill Gates. I pity the sheeple as per the comments that believe you are working for their best interests..
This is a frank and troubling statement that I'm sure Boris wasn't expecting to hear. But when it's the final curtain on daily conferences, I don't blame him for covering his own back... Boris doesn't have a problem doing it at others expense, so why should Witty?
As long as they don't try and put us into lockdown again, he can say what he likes. No one is falling for the bs any longer.
Oh this Chris Whitty who is in the pocket of the master Bill Gates?
And how is he going to support the self employed
Cos they have fucked up well andtruly
Well vaccine should be in place by late autumn at latest 5 months should be ample
I suspect the scientists have already factored this is in but it’s extremely naiive to think people will tolerate current restrictions and measures til spring next year.
BBCScotlandNews He is wrong. It is a SARS virus, and like SARS, it will weaken and die as more people have antibodies and the vulnerable stay shielded. It will be negligible by September
In other words...
0.06% of the population.
marlor_marie So who’s off to the pub on July 4th? Do you feel lucky?
Open pubs but not Gyms, where is the logic in that.?
If anyone still believes he is an expert must be pretty naive
He was paid by billgates to say this. Think he got 31 million,could have been 40 million I cant remember. Hancock got a nice payout too,and boris also. Deep state puppets and we all know this
BBCPolitics What is it that MSM just don't understand. Questions get even more ridiculous!
Well he's correct, seeing as there's quite a few strains of Coronavirus. There's bound to be plenty of COV-229E and COV-0C43 knocking around, as they both cause the common cold. I wonder how how reliable those tests really are 🤔
Magic. Just magic. 🤦🏼♀️
chunkymark The lockdown in the UK was never about us, they clearly stated that at the start . It was to protect a hospital crisis.
The cat is out of the bag .. this governor totally knows lockdown is a scam and now - so do we 😂😂 we aren't complying anymore
Why is he reading from a script? Isn't he the expert?
Too little too late to too much too soon
You should get Whitty on one side and Karol Sikora on the other side and we can have 'doom and gloom' on one side and 'nothing to worry about, everything's fine' on the other, and the public can take their pick, depending upon how optimistic or pessimistic they are.
There's always coronavirus around. It is a standard part of the ecosystem we live with. The more I hear from these scientists the more the fields of virology and epidemiology are discredited. Will the BBC ever have the courage to look at the fallacies behind the 'science'?
chunkymark Our leaders are a gang of weasels, have the attention span of goldfish, and have more important business flogging off public assets to waste any more time on public health. Take your chances, your on your own.
BBCPolitics Does hair salons include beauty salons and nail bars as they are usually in the same premises?
They’re dragging this out until they can pump the public full of toxic vaccines and make billions for the Pharma companies they’re invested in. When will the sheeple WAKE UP
That’s depressing! 😭😭
...but screw it, best of luck!
All depends when Bill Gates decides to kick off part 2
Immediately followed by BBCOne News shouting ‘Lockdown almost over’!
Is that you talking, Whitty? Or your paymaster?
jasonleitch He'll be for the high jump!
I wouldn’t believe a word he says. £40 million from Bill Gates will likely mean there’s an agenda behind his every move. Vaccine anyone?
Still this guy wants us to live in fear. Piss off with his fear project.
Expect many healthy lungs will to turn to this 👇 in coming weeks due to relaxing SocialDistancing 😞
In other words, the 'second wave' will conveniently emerge to coincide with the seasonal flu after Covi has finished his summer tour.
Oh shut up
Rather than crush the virus like NZ, Bozo and the gang determined to give it a head start for autumn/winter.
Immediately after this Boris stated he wanted a haircut WTF!
BBCPolitics So very clear and explicit, The Science says do 'NOT' reduce social distancing below 2m unless face-masks are compulsory!
Oops Boris had better get him silenced sharpish! Nobody needs to know the truth.....
Thought a vaccine was coming September? 🤔
jasonleitch Let the Coronavirus dodgeball commence.
Tories don’t do plans as you can tell by their constant whining in Scotland.
Everyone i know is preparing for a second wave. It's better to be prepared than reacting when there is one! The figures today were expected! The figure tomorrow could be high too. If the government won't protect you then take it upon yourself to do so.
The businesses were moaning!
You're wrong once again! Just admit it, you don't a clue what you're talking about.
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