LONDON, Oct 12 — UK lawmakers said today that the government’s response when Covid-19 swept into Europe cost lives and was “one of the most important public health failures” in the country’s history.
Britain has suffered one of the highest tolls in Europe with nearly 138,000 Covid-19 deaths since March last year, raising questions about why it has fared worse than comparable nations.Leading advisors had pushed a “deliberate policy” to take a “gradual and incremental approach” to interventions such as social distancing, isolation and lockdowns, said the report.
“This is an attempt to ignore and gaslight bereaved families, who will see it as a slap in the face,” she said. Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt, a former health secretary who chairs one of the report committees, said the government had also failed to absorb the early experience of South Korea and Taiwan, which were quick to introduce mass test and trace systems.
Asked about the MPs’ report, Cummings told Sky News that he had been working on a new system of pandemic response after the first wave in 2020. The prime minister has also faced criticism over his refusal to start the public inquiry sooner, after announcing it in May.
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