The UK did “not have the ability to scale up” quickly to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic in areas such as testing, England’s chief medical officer has said.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that the “hazards and threats” from a pandemic are “going to be completely different every time”, and what is needed are “multiple capabilities that can be flexed to almost any emergency…” rather than having a plan for one particular scenario.
