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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Eric Williams

Lessons not learned from Covid five years on from lockdown, campaigners say

The protest took place at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK is less prepared for another pandemic than it was pre-Covid because “lessons have not been learnt” five years on, campaigners have warned.

Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) came together with bereaved families and campaigners from Keep the NHS Public on Friday in a protest at the National Covid Memorial Wall in south London, marking the fifth anniversary of the first Covid lockdown.

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