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SAGE meetings, April 2020

Minutes and papers from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) meetings held in April 2020.

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 26 June 2020
• Last updated: 8 April 2022 — See all updates

Meeting 22, 2 April 2020

• SAGE 22 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 2 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• SPI-B: Easing restrictions on activity and social distancing - comments and suggestions, 1 April 2020
  • 5 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN Report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 1 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: Consensus view: 13 April review of social distancing measures, 1 April 2020
  • 13 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: Antibody tests: realise benefits and minimize harms - note, 1 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Estimates of impact of interventions based on time use, 2 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Comparing interventions in Italy and UK, 1 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• The impact of relaxing lockdown measures: 2, 1 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• BSI and relaxed interventions: social contact survey analysis, 1 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Effect of relaxing current measures, 2 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Percentage of contributors with symptoms (persistent cough, fever or anosmia): UK & NI maps, 29 March 2020
  • 3 July 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 short-term forecasting: Proposed process for discussion, 2 April 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 combined pilot model predictions, 30 March 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 short-term forecasting: Academic summary positions, 2 April 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 23, 7 April 2020

• SAGE 23 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 7 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• What is the evidence for transmission of COVID-19 by children (or in schools)?, 1 April 2020
  • 22 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN Report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 6 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Note on reporting of deaths involving COVID-19, 7 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• The effect of social distancing on the reproduction number in the UK from a social contact survey: report 2, 7 April 2020
  • 3 July 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 short-term forecasting: Proposed process for discussion, 6 April 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 combined pilot model predictions, 5 April 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 24, 9 April 2020

• SAGE 24 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 9 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• Dynamic CO-CIN Report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 8 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Does the use of face masks in the general population make a difference to spread of infection?, 7 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Review: what is the evidence for the importance of outdoor transmission and of indoor transmission of COVID-19, 2 April 2020
  • 18 February 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Initial Estimates of Excess Deaths from COVID-19, 8 April 2020
  • 12 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• A note on mass testing for COVID-19: preliminary analysis, 6 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Risk of a companion animal causing onward spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus, 20 March 2020
  • 12 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 short-term pilot forecasts, 7 April 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: Combining COVID-19 short-term forecasts, 9 April 2020
  • 18 September 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: Combining COVID-19 model forecast intervals, 9 April 2020
  • 18 September 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Fudan University: Neutralising antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in a COVID-19 recovered patient cohort and their implications, 20 April 2020
  • 20 April 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Academics: The ethics of instantaneous contract tracing using mobile phone apps in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic, 16 April 2020
  • 1 May 2020
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 25, 14 April 2020

• SAGE 25 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 14 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• Dynamic CO-CIN Report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 13 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Evidence of environmental dispersion of COVID-19 for different mechanisms, 14 April 2020
  • 26 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• NERVTAG: Face mask use in the community, 13 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• NERVTAG: Duration of infectiousness following symptoms onset in COVID-19, 13 April 2020
  • 30 November 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Social Distancing Review - SAGE Advice, 14 April 2020
  • 12 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• A national health data research capability to support COVID-19 research questions, 14 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 short-term pilot forecasts, 12 April 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 26, 16 April 2020

• SAGE 26 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 16 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• SPI-B: Pre-empting possible negative behavioural responses to COVID-19 antibody testing, 13 April 2020
  • 5 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• CO-CIN: Investigating associations between ethnicity and outcome from COVID-19 - rapid report to SAGE, 14 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN Report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 15 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M: The role of children in transmission, 16 April 2020
  • 13 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• NERVTAG: Wearing facemasks in a community setting - options and evidence, 16 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Associations between symptoms and COVID-19 infection, 16 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Loss of smell and taste in combination with other symptoms is a strong predictor of COVID-19 infection, 15 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Time series clustering of COVID-19 symptoms, 16 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Collation of hospital transmission data from HPZone, 5 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Community surveillance following the lifting of restrictions, 16 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Hospital onset COVID-19: IPC evidence from recent survey and next steps, 16 April 2020
  • 12 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M: the general principles and assumptions on transmission of SARS-CoV-2, 16 April 2020
  • 12 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Details of PHE involvement with ISARIC and any information on samples collected and their distribution, 16 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Vaccine Taskforce aims, 6 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• The dynamics of humoral immune response following SARS-CoV-2 infection and the potential for reinfection, 16 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Aim for UK ensuring promising therapies to be tested as fast as possible and for patients to access medicine as soon as possible, 16 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Using BBC Pandemic data to model the impact of isolation, testing, contact tracing and physical distancing on reducing transmission of Covid-19 in different settings, 16 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• CMMID: Social contacts in the UK from the CoMix social contact survey
  • 14 January 2022
  • Research and analysis
• COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium: weekly report 3, 9 April 2020
  • 16 April 2020
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 27, 21 April 2020

• SAGE 27 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 21 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• CO-CIN: Effect on ethnicity on outcome after COVID-19 - report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 19 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 20 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M: Consensus statement on COVID-19, 20 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: The use of facemasks in a community setting, 20 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• COVID-19 antibody seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California, 27 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• How best to use limited tests? Improving COVID-19 surveillance in long-term care, 19 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M/SPI-B: Principles for the design of behavioural and social interventions, 21 April 2020
  • 12 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• DELVE: Report on face masks for the general public, 21 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• What the latest research on COVID-19 immunology can tell us about responding to the epidemic: expert summary, 16 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Preliminary analysis of PHE care home data, 19 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Potential impact of face covering on the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK, 20 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing and physical distancing on reducing transmission of COVID-19 in different settings: Draft for SPI-M, 20 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 short-term pilot forecasts, 19 April 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Strategies for long-term management of COVID-19 transmission, 21 April 2020
  • 11 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• LSHTM: Estimates of nosocomial and community transmission of COVID-19 in England, 19 April 2020
  • 20 August 2021
  • Research and analysis
• HDR UK: A national health data research capability to support COVID-19 research questions, 21 April 2020
  • 27 August 2021
  • Research and analysis
• COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium: weekly report 4, 16 April 2020
  • 16 April 2020
  • Research and analysis
• NYU: Factors associated with hospitalisation and critical illness among 4,103 patients with COVID-19 disease in New York City, 11 April 2020
  • 11 April 2020
  • Research and analysis
• LSHTM: The possible impact of mask wearing outside the home on the transmission of COVID-19, 21 April 2020
  • 8 April 2022
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 28, 23 April 2020

• SAGE 28 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 23 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• Policing the coronavirus outbreak: processes and prospects for collective disorder, 19 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• How an exit strategy might affect crime and policing - working paper, 21 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: Approach to suppress and control route - initial view, 22 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: How behaviour may change following testing - initial response, 22 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Neighbourhood-level release and COVID-19
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 22 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 29, 28 April 2020

• SAGE 29 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 28 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19, 27 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Environmental influence on transmission of COVID-19, 28 April 2020
  • 13 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• CO-CIN: Investigating associations between ethnicity and outcome from COVID-19 - report to SAGE, 25 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• CO-CIN: Case fatality by age in hospitalised patients, 21 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 27 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Ethnic composition and outcomes of COVID-19 patients, 28 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• OpenSAFELY: Factors associated with COVID-19 related hospital deaths in adult NHS patients, 28 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• COVID-19 symptom timing, 27 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• NERVTAG: View on SARS-CoV-2 protective immunity, 27 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Home Office: COVID-19 - measures at the border, 27 April 2020
  • 19 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• GOS: Testing requirements for COVID-19, 24 April 2020
  • 26 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19 short-term pilot forecasts, 27 April 2020
  • 11 September 2020
  • Research and analysis
• University of Bristol: Strategies for reducing COVID-19 transmission with social distancing measures, 28 April 2020
  • 8 April 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Imperial College London: Intervention options and testing needs for long-term suppression of COVID-19 transmission, 28 April 2020
  • 8 April 2022
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Impact of gradual reopening strategies using POLYMOD contact data, 28 April 2020
  • 8 April 2022
  • Research and analysis
• University of Warwick: Assessment of changes to lockdown and other controls, 26 April 2020
  • 8 April 2022
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 30, 30 April 2020

• SAGE 30 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 30 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Transparency data
• SPI-B: Symptom-based contact tracing in comparison to test-based approaches - note, 29 April 2020
  • 29 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• An analysis of SARS-CoV-2 viral load by patient age, 30 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• NERVTAG: Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing, 30 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• NERVTAG: Assessment of pre-symptomatic transmission of COVID-19, 30 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: COVID-19: Draft contact tracing operating model, 23 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Key issues for contact tracing for consideration by NERVTAG, 23 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Serological surveillance - summary report 2, 28 April 2020
  • 5 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Ethics and value judgements involved in developing policy for lifting physical distancing measures, 29 April 2020
  • 29 April 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Susceptibility and transmission in children: updates from the last few weeks, 29 April 2020
  • 22 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG, 30 April 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• TFC: Modelling and behavioural science responses to scenarios for relaxing school closures, 30 April 2020
  • 22 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: Modelling and behavioural science responses to scenarios for relaxing school closures - full account of SPI-B input on the scenarios, 30 April 2020
  • 22 May 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Update: Evidence for animal infections with SARS-CoV-2, 28 April 2020
  • 12 June 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst children and adolescents compared with adults, 30 April 2020
  • 3 July 2020
  • Research and analysis
• HDR UK: A national health data research capability to support COVID-19 research questions, 28 April 2020
  • 27 August 2021
  • Research and analysis

Published 26 June 2020
Last updated 8 April 2022 + show all updates

1. 8 April 2022

   Added 1 paper to SAGE 27 and 4 papers to SAGE 29.

2. 14 January 2022

   Added 2 paper to SAGE 24, 1 paper to SAGE 26, 2 papers to SAGE 27.

3. 27 August 2021

   Added 3 papers to SAGE meetings 26, 27 and 30.

4. 20 August 2021

   1 report added (SAGE meeting 27).

5. 11 December 2020

   Added 'Strategies for long-term management of COVID-19 transmission' under SAGE 27.

6. 18 September 2020

   2 papers on combining forecasts added to SAGE meeting 24.

7. 11 September 2020

   9 short-term forecast reports added.

8. 3 July 2020

   Reports added to SAGE meetings 22, 23 and 30.

9. 26 June 2020

   First published.