COVID-19 public resources

Published 25-02-2021
COVID19 Science in context Episode 1 (25-02-2021): Dr Sabine van Elsland in conversation with Prof Neil Ferguson on the modelling that informed the UK governments roadmap out of lockdown. Video produced by MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.

Published 15-02-2021
COVID19: What the future holds after the UK emerges from coronavirus lockdown (15-02-2021): Tom Clarke in conversation with Professor Azra Ghani. Video produced by ITVnews.

Published 28-01-2021
Imperial Global: Expert insights on COVID-19 (28-01-2021): President Prof Alice Gast in conversation with Prof Steven Riley, Prof Wendy Barclay and Prof Peter Openshaw. Video produced by Imperial College London.

Published 23-12-2020
Your questions answered (23-12-2020): Real-Time Modelling of COVID-19 with Dr Marc Baguelin, Dr Katy Gaythorpe, Dr Rich FitzJohn, Dr Wes Hinsley, Dr John Lees, Dr Robert Verity, Dr Edward Knock, Dr Lilith Whittles, Dr Pablo Perez Guzman, Professor Neil Ferguson. Video produced by MRC GIDA.

Published 25-08-2020
Your questions answered (25-08-2020): Professor Steven Riley and Professor Graham Cooke on community transmission. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Published 27-07-2020
Your questions answered (27-07-2020): Professor Helen Ward on information and mis-information in the COVID-19 outbreak response. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Published 27-07-2020
Your questions answered (27-07-2020): Professor Helen Ward on community engagement in the COVID-19 outbreak response. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Published 13-07-2020
Your questions answered (13-07-2020): Professor Timothy Hallett on indirect impacts of COVID-19. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Published 06-07-2020
Your questions answered (06-07-2020): Professor Tony Travers on governments response to pandemics. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Published 01-07-2020
Your questions answered (01-07-2020): Dr Adrian Gheorghe on financing epidemic responses and lessons from the West Africa Ebola Outbreak. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Published 29-06-2020
Your questions answered (29-06-2020): Ms Janetta Skarp on emergency preparedness in context of the COVID19 pandemic. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Published 26-06-2020
Your questions answered (26-06-2020): Dr Katharina Hauck on health systems and economics in context of the COVID19 pandemic. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Video published 24-06-2020
Q&A "Let's talk about COVID-19" with Dr Lilith Whittles, Dr Katy Gaythorpe and Dr Juliette Unwin hosted by Gareth Mitchell - This first episode of the series talks about modelling COVID19 and answers questions from the live audience. Video produced by Imperial College London.

Update published 08-04-2020
Your questions answered - an update (08-04-2020): Professor Steven Riley on the current COVID19 pandemic, patterns around the world, social distancing measures and exiting lockdown. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 06-04-2020
Your questions answered - an update (06-04-2020): Dr Samir Bhatt on estimating the number of infections and the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in 11 European countries. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 26-03-2020
Your questions answered - an update (24-03-2020): Professor Steven Riley on the current status of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic and the latest report on transmission, economic activity and social distancing strategies in China. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 11-03-2020
Your questions answered - an update (11-03-2020): Professor Neil Ferguson on the current status of the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, case numbers, intervention measures and challenges countries are currently facing. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 28-02-2020
Your questions answered - an update (28-02-2020): Professor Neil Ferguson and Professor Christl Donnelly on the current status of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, non-pharmaceutical interventions and estimates of undetected cases. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 25-02-2020
World Economic Forum Webinar: The Bigger Picture on Coronavirus and Rapid Response Healthcare featuring professor Neil Ferguson. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 20-02-2020
Your questions answered: Professor Neil Ferguson on the current status of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak (20-02-2020), and Dr Erik Volz on the genetic diversity of COVID-19 to estimate origin, growth rate and size of the epidemic. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 15-02-2020
Your questions answered: Professor Neil Ferguson on the current status of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak (15-02-2020). Together with Dr Ilaria Dorigatti and Dr Lucy Okell, he addresses the work of the team on estimated COVID-19 severity in Wuhan, amongst travellers and overall fatality ratio of infections. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 10-02-2020
Your questions answered: Dr Nim Pathy and Professor Steven Riley from the MRC Centre and J-IDEA explain the modelling behind the estimates, and how infectious disease modelling is used to inform optimal public health interventions at each stage of the outbreak. Video produced by J-IDEA.

Update published 05-02-2020
Your questions answered: Professor Neil Ferguson, director of the MRC Centre and J-IDEA, on the current 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak (05-02-2020). He addresses the work of his team on estimates, the scale of the epidemic, forward projections, the role of modelling and analytics in outbreak response, informing governments, interventions, control measures and more. Video produced by J-IDEA.