The UK government's delays in enforcing the first Covid-19 lockdown cost lives, says a new report. The Government has partially accepted most of the recommendations made in the study by the Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee.
The new report has highlighted serious errors and delays in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. It previously said the UK's pandemic preparation was far too focused on flu.
The wide-ranging report made 38 recommendations, most of which the Government has agreed to take on board in some form. Ministers partially accepted the report's advice to enforce measures such as lockdowns "on a precautionary basis" in future pandemics, rather than when scientific evidence is fully gathered and conclusive, reports PA.
