The UK "might not have been very well prepared at all" for the devastating onslaught of Covid, the Inquiry into the pandemic has heard.
Hugo Keith KC, lead counsel for the investigation, said that the Government's planning claimed on March 3 2020 that the country was “well prepared” for the onslaught of the virus.
But in his opening arguments, Mr Keith said the nation was "taken by surprise" by many aspects of Covid, as planning had focused on a future flu pandemic, leaving the UK unprepared for mass testing or non-flu medicines.
