Chris Whitty says 'we're quite a long way' from life returning to normal with coronavirus pandemic

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Saturday Night Live” stars Kenan Thompson and Chris Redd may be branching out into the sitcom world for NBC but that doesn’t mean they are closing the door on their late-night sketch series work.“I haven’t decided to leave,” Redd said of “SNL” during a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday. “I’m just having fun being able to create with one of my best friends and also be able to still go and and do sketch.

coronavirus pandemic, as the grim death toll passed 100,000 people today.

coronavirus deaths. He told the Downing Street press conference on Monday that “unfortunately we’re going to see quite a lot more deaths over the next few weeks before the effects of the vaccines begin to be felt”.

direct to your inboxThe Prime Minister and the Chief Medical officer have given cautious predictions as to when lockdown could be lifted.Boris Johnson and Professor Christ Whitty were quizzed about the easing of restrictions at the Downing Street press conference today.Mr Johnson said that only once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated by mid-February 'we will think about what steps we could take to lift the restrictions'.He continued: “What we can’t have is any false sense of security so

direct to your inboxThe number of people in hospital with Covid-19 has 'well exceeded' that of the first peak last April, according to the latest government data.Professor Chris Whitty told a Downing Street press conference on Friday that the amount of people in hospital with the virus is higher than ever.The Chief Medical officer warned that deaths contributed to by Covid-19 will continue rise into next week."I'm afraid in the next week we do anticipate the number of people in the NHS and the

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Friends and Seinfeld.The comedian and actor said he was once in talks for roles in the two NBC sitcoms, and was being considered as “the Black friend” in Friends.He told The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earlier this week that he was in the running to portray Jerry’s friend George in Seinfeld but lost out on the role to Jason Alexander.“There was a lot of NBC talk. There was talk about Seinfeld“, Rock told Colbert.

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direct to your inboxThe UK's chief medical officer Chris Whitty warned the 'worst point in the pandemic' is about to hit as coronavirus rates soar.Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Mr Whitty said the new fast-spreading variant was causing 'significant' problems in driving up transmission rates.He said: "So we have a very significant problem. Here in London, for example, one in 30 people currently have this coronavirus according to the Office for National Statistics.