Posts by Esther Sutherland

The importance of UK-wide collaboration in monitoring COVID-19

Categories: Coronavirus, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Public Policy
A microscope and test tubes in a lab setting

The ONS-led COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS) has been a vital source of data on the virus and its impacts, winning international recognition and several prestigious awards. Supporting the individual and combined needs of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, it has also become a leading example of collaborative working across the devolved administrations. In this post Esther Sutherland and Megan Crees show why that partnership has been central to the project’s success.

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Two Years On: What the COVID-19 Infection Survey has achieved so far – and what comes next

Categories: Coronavirus, Data
Picture of a person doing a swab test

Launched at speed soon after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ONS-led COVID-19 Infection Survey has achieved international recognition as a “gold standard” source of vital data. Two years – and around nine million swab tests – later it continues to provide unique insight on infections and antibodies in the general population of the UK.

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