Top experts not asked to approve 'stay alert' coronavirus message
by Denis Campbell Matthew Weaver and Ian Sample from on (#53ACY)
Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance had no role in signing off advice, Guardian has learned
The two experts who have guided the government's response to the coronavirus were not asked to approve the controversial new stay alert" message, the Guardian has learned.
Neither Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, nor Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, were asked to sign off on dropping the stay at home" advice before Boris Johnson unveiled the new strategy on Sunday night.
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