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<p>The Ministerial Taskforces have been getting scientific input from Public Health
England (PHE), who have been directly involved in the taskforce meetings, helping
to resolve scientific issues as they draft the guidance. Each individual working group
which produced the guidance published on 11 May had active PHE presence, and each
set of guidance was produced in collaboration with them, the Health and Safety Executive
and other Departments. That model was followed for both the pubs and restaurants,
close contact services, and non-essential retail taskforces. The PHE staff who have
supported the BEIS taskforces are in regular direct contact with those attending SAGE
and have access to the PHE SAGE read-outs. They have endeavoured to reflect closely
the SAGE recommendations and have also been responsible for putting some subjects
pertinent to BEIS discussions to SAGE, such as persistence of COVID-19 on surfaces,
and consideration of social distancing requirements under different scenarios. SAGE
information is shared on its website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response</a>.</p>
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