Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on covid-19 of the research by Professor Philip Calder of the University of Southampton and others, entitled Optimal Nutritional Status for a Well-Functioning Immune System is an Important Factor to Protect Against Viral Infections, published on 23 April 2020.
Public Health England (PHE) is aware of the paper by Professor Calder. PHE considers any new, high quality evidence on COVID-19 and nutrition, as it emerges and seeks advice from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition as appropriate.