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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julia Kollewe

Former Covid medical officer Van-Tam takes role at vaccine maker Moderna

The then deputy chief medical officer for England Jonathan Van-Tam speaking at press conference on the Covid-19 vaccination programme at Downing Street, London, in February 2021.
The then deputy chief medical officer for England Jonathan Van-Tam at a press conference on the Covid-19 vaccination programme at Downing Street in 2021. Photograph: Reuters

Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, the UK’s former deputy chief medical officer who became a household name during the pandemic, has become a senior medical consultant to the Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna.

Known by the initials JVT and remembered for the striking metaphors he used during Downing Street briefings on the progress of the virus, he took up the role as part-time clinical adviser to the American biotechnology company on 2 May.

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