New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group
The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) is an advisory body that advises the United Kingdom Government's Chief Medical Advisor / Chief Medical Officer for England, who in turn advises the UK Department of Health and Social Care and relevant ministers regarding threats from viral respiratory tract infections. The body replaced the UK Scientific Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee (SPI) as part of a move to expand the scope to cover the threat of other respiratory viruses, besides pandemic influenza. The inaugural meeting was held on 19 December 2014 where the terms of reference were agreed. The group has been advising the Department of Health for some years and minutes of meetings are now regularly published, backdated to 2014. , the group has been advising specifically on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chief Medical Officer for England
PER
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Department of Health and Social Care
ORG
Q1928978
viral
Concept
Q754447
respiratory tract infection
Concept
None
Scientific Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee
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Q84167106
COVID-19 pandemic
Concept
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New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group
ORG
2014-12-19T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
19 December 2014
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2014
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subsidiary