Jeremy Vine hits out at government over handling of COVID
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Watch: Jeremy Vine blasts government over COVID
Jeremy Vine has criticised the government for their handling of COVID-19 as he is bedbound with the virus.
Vine's outburst comes as official figures show that COVID infections have risen for the first time in two months.
It is thought around one million people had coronavirus the week before last.
The TV and radio host tweeted that he had come down with the virus: "Sore throat. Headache. Cough. Aches and pains and the Joy Division t-shirt. So I’m in bed with it, with COVID."
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He added: "Previously, years gone by, I would have come into work with this – you can walk, you can work. Obviously that’s not possible now."
Vine also said that all of the presenters that work on his Channel 5 show had also caught it: "Going by our shows, out of the presenters, 100% of our presenters have got it."
Are we entering the fifth wave of Covid?
Both @theJeremyVine and @StormHuntley have Covid - along with several members of the @JeremyVineOn5 team.
As many as 1.7m people in the UK have had it in the last week - so shouldn't the government be doing more to stop it?#JeremyVine pic.twitter.com/9m5JkE9BBj— Jeremy Vine On 5 (@JeremyVineOn5) June 28, 2022
He went on to criticise the government for not doing anything to prevent infections and protect vulnerable people: "That means there must be a lot of it about. Why isn’t the government mentioning it?
"Why isn’t the government saying: anyone vulnerable, you know, stay indoors. Look at my test, there’s a big red line there. There’s a lot of it around."
Vine was also critical of the government's messaging around the virus now that all restrictions have been lifted: "Shouldn’t they be saying 'Lock up your daughters' or 'tie your mother down' or you know, just stay in if you are vulnerable. But we’ve not heard a peep. I guess they’re too busy."
Vine's co-presenter Storm Huntley is also off the air with the virus and is just a month away from giving birth.
The duo are currently being covered by Trisha Goddard, Anne Diamond and Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije.
The Jeremy Vine Show airs weekdays on Channel 5 between 9:15-12:15.
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