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SAGE meetings, November 2020

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

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 13 November 2020
• Last updated: 8 April 2022 — See all updates

Meeting 65, 4 November 2020

• SAGE 65 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 4 November 2020
  • 13 November 2020
  • Transparency data
• TFC: Children and transmission, 4 November 2020
  • 13 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B and DfE: COVID-19: Benefits of remaining in education - evidence and considerations, 4 November 2020
  • 26 October 2021
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 66, 5 November 2020

• SAGE 66 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 5 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Transparency data
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (all cases), 5 November 2020
  • 20 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (recent cases), 5 November 2020
  • 20 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• EMG: Potential application of air cleaning devices and personal decontamination to manage transmission of COVID-19, 4 November 2020
  • 20 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Key evidence and advice on celebrations and observances during COVID-19, 5 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19, 4 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SCWG: Consensus statement on family or friend visitor policy into care home settings, 2 November 2020
  • 20 August 2021
  • Research and analysis
• CMMID: Social contacts in the UK from the CoMix social contact survey
  • 14 January 2022
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 67, 12 November 2020

• SAGE 67 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 12 November 2020
  • 23 November 2020
  • Transparency data
• SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19, 11 November 2020
  • 23 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: Statement on tiers in England and other measures in the devolved nations, 11 November 2020
  • 23 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• NERVTAG: Risk assessment of SARS-CoV-2 variants that have been selected in mink, 12 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (all cases), 12 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (recent cases), 12 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: What are the potential behavioural effects of reducing the duration of quarantine for contacts?, 11 November 2020
  • 5 March 2021
  • Research and analysis
• HAIRS: SARS-CoV-2 in Mustelinae population – risk assessment, 10 November 2020
  • 11 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• HAIRS: Cluster 5 mink-variant SARS-CoV-2 – interim risk assessment, 10 November 2020
  • 20 August 2021
  • Research and analysis
• HDR UK: COVID-19 health data research – weekly update, 10 November 2020
  • 27 August 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Welsh Government TAG: Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the Local Health Protection Zones and the Firebreak in Wales, 13 November 2020
  • 3 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Defra: UK animal health response for SAGE, 11 November 2020
  • 21 January 2022
  • Research and analysis
• University of Oxford, LSHTM and University of Manchester/Alan Turing Institute: Effect of reducing isolation/quarantine period and potential trade-offs with the probability of case self-report and isolation/quarantine uptake, 10 November 2020
  • 8 April 2022
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 68, 16 November 2020

• SAGE 68 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 16 November 2020
  • 18 December 2020
  • Transparency data
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (all cases), 16 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (recent cases), 16 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: Testing for initiation of quarantine in contacts, 15 November 2020
  • 13 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Rapid testing strategies for traced contacts: comparing quarantine, quarantine and testing, and daily testing, 16 November 2020
  • 8 January 2021
  • Research and analysis
• LSHTM, University of Manchester and Alan Turing Institute: On the use of lateral flow antigen tests in contact tracing - preliminary findings, 15 November 2020
  • 13 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Isolation and testing combinations for Test and Trace, 11 November 2020
  • 21 January 2022
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 69, 19 November 2020

• SAGE 69 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 19 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Transparency data
• Impact of Interventions TFG: The UK’s 4 nations’ autumn interventions, 19 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: COVID-19: Notes on the festive period, 19 November 2020
  • 13 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19, 18 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (all cases), 19 November 2020
  • 4 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (recent cases), 19 November 2020
  • 4 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• NERVTAG: Certifying COVID-19 immunity, 19 November 2020
  • 4 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Defra/JBC: Wastewater COVID-19 monitoring in the UK: summary, 19 November 2020
  • 4 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• CMMID: Social contacts in the UK from the CoMix social contact survey
  • 14 January 2022
  • Research and analysis
• BEIS CSA Team: Potential application of glycol-based sprays to manage transmission of SARS-CoV-2, 13 November 2020
  • 21 January 2022
  • Research and analysis

Meeting 70, 26 November 2020

• SAGE 70 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 26 November 2020
  • 18 December 2020
  • Transparency data
• Impact of Interventions TFG: The UK’s 4 nations’ autumn interventions (update), 26 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• EMG/SPI-B: Mitigating risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission associated with household social interactions, 26 November 2020
  • 27 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• CO-CIN: Changes in hospital mortality in the first wave of COVID-19 in the UK using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study, 26 November 2020
  • 11 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Housing, household transmission and ethnicity, 26 November 2020
  • 11 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Innova Lateral Flow SARS-CoV-2 Antigen test accuracy in Liverpool Pilot: preliminary data, 26 November 2020
  • 11 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (recent cases), 26 November 2020
  • 11 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Dynamic CO-CIN report to SAGE and NERVTAG (all cases), 26 November 2020
  • 11 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19, 25 November 2020
  • 11 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-M: Mass testing of the whole population, 25 November 2020
  • 13 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Factors contributing to risk of SARS-CoV2 transmission in various settings, 26 November 2020
  • 18 December 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: Behavioural considerations of health certificates in population mass testing, 26 November 2020
  • 5 July 2021
  • Research and analysis
• HDR UK: COVID-19 health data research – weekly update, 24 November 2020
  • 27 August 2021
  • Research and analysis
• CMMID: Social contacts in the UK from the CoMix social contact survey
  • 14 January 2022
  • Research and analysis
• PHE: Summary of analysis of non-medical sampling at regional testing sites versus Liverpool testing sites, 25 November 2020
  • 21 January 2022
  • Research and analysis
• SPI-B: Developing the skills of compliance, 1 November 2020
  • 21 January 2022
  • Research and analysis

Published 13 November 2020
Last updated 8 April 2022 + show all updates

1. 8 April 2022

   Added 1 paper to SAGE 67.

2. 21 January 2022

   Added 1 paper to SAGE 67, 1 paper to SAGE 68, 1 paper to SAGE 69, and 2 papers to SAGE 70.

3. 14 January 2022

   Added 1 paper to SAGE 67.

4. 27 August 2021

   Added 5 papers to SAGE meetings 66, 67, 69 and 70.

5. 20 August 2021

   3 reports added (SAGE meetings 66 and 67).

6. 5 July 2021

   Addition of 1 paper to SAGE 70.

7. 5 March 2021

   Added an SPI-B paper under SAGE 67.

8. 8 January 2021

   Added 2 papers on testing under SAGE meeting 68.

9. 18 December 2020

   Minutes for SAGE meetings 68 and 70 published. Added 3 new papers (SAGE 68 and 70).

10. 11 December 2020

    Added 6 new papers under SAGE meeting 70.

11. 4 December 2020

    Added 4 new papers under SAGE meeting 69.

12. 27 November 2020

    Minutes for SAGE meeting 66 and 69 published. Added 11 new papers (SAGE 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70). Updated 'SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19, 4 November 2020' (SAGE 66).

13. 23 November 2020

    Minutes for SAGE meeting 67 published. Added 2 SPI-M-O papers under SAGE 67.

14. 20 November 2020

    Added 3 new papers under SAGE meeting 66.

15. 13 November 2020

    First published.