Former health secretaries Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock criticised for their failure to better prepare the UK for the pandemicThe UK was “dangerously mistaken” to believe that it was one of the best prepared countries in the world to respond to a pandemic, Baroness Heather Hallett said.In 2019, it was widely believed in Britain and abroad that the UK was “not only properly prepared but was one of the best-prepared countries in the world to respond to a pandemic,” she said.There will likely be a next time. The expert evidence suggests it is not a question of ‘if’ another pandemic will strike but ‘when’.The evidence is overwhelmingly to the effect that another pandemic – potentially one that is even more transmissible and lethal – is likely to occur in the near to medium future. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-07-18 11:44:55
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UK Covid-19 inquiry live: report finds country ‘ill prepared’ to deal with pandemic
