Health secretary during pandemic returns to inquiry after saying tens of thousands of lives could have been saved if UK had locked down earlier
The second day of the former health secretary Matt Hancock’s evidence to the Covid inquiry in London is underway.
It begins with questions about the tiered system during the second lockdown, when regions were subject to different restrictions.
My goal was to get R below 1 but I didn’t think the circuit breaker would work in practice.
With hindsight, would it have been better to sit down with the scientists … that wasn’t how it progressed.
Obviously this is news that has just broken in the past few minutes so I need to get into the details of it. It wouldn’t be right to speculate so early.
But I am having meetings with leaders from around the region in a matter of hours to discuss the situation.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Health secretary during pandemic returns to inquiry after saying tens of thousands of lives could have been saved if UK had locked down earlierThe second day of the former health secretary Matt Hancock’s evidence to the Covid inquiry in London is underway.It begins with questions about the tiered system during the second lockdown, when regions were subject to different restrictions.My goal was to get R below 1 but I didn’t think the circuit breaker would work in practice.With hindsight, would it have been better to sit down with the scientists … that wasn’t how it progressed.Obviously this is news that has just broken in the past few minutes so I need to get into the details of it. It wouldn’t be right to speculate so early.But I am having meetings with leaders from around the region in a matter of hours to discuss the situation. Continue reading…
