Covid: UK government wasn’t ready for pandemic, report finds
Detailed plans on shielding, job support and school disruption were lacking, the spending watchdog says. …
The report said the government missed the opportunity to learn from previous large-scale pandemic simulations it carried out as far back as 2007. One simulation, Exercise Cygnus, which ran in 2016, suggested the government should consider “the ability of staff to work from home”.
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