U.K. Parliament panel finds ‘big mistakes’ in early COVID-19 handling
The Hindu
It also highlights the successes, praising the country’s vaccine rollout against COVID-19 as a “guide for the future”.
The U.K. government’s response to the pandemic combined some “big achievements with some big mistakes”, a Parliament panel concluded in a report published on Tuesday.
The ‘Coronavirus: lessons learned to date’ joint inquiry by cross-party MPs from the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee is highly critical of the government’s early response to the pandemic and concludes that thousands of lives were lost due to delays and mistakes by Ministers and their scientific advisors. It also highlights the successes, praising the country’s vaccine rollout against as a “guide for the future”.
“The U.K. response has combined some big achievements with some big mistakes. It is vital to learn from both to ensure that we perform as best as we possibly can during the remainder of the pandemic and in the future,” said MPs Jeremy Hunt and Greg Clarke in a joint statement on behalf of both Commons committees.
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