Скачать или смотреть ‘We will never know whether UK’s initial action plan could have worked’, says Wormald

The country will never know whether Boris Johnson’s March 16 Covid package would have worked, Sir Christopher Wormald has told the Covid inquiry.

The former top Department of Health civil servant said it is “possible” the measures - announced before the eventual lockdown was imposed a week later - could have avoided the need for lockdowns to protect the NHS.

But “we will never know what the effect of the March 16 package would have been,” Sir Christopher said.

Mr Johnson’s March 16 announcement included measures such as working from home where possible, stopping non-essential contact and avoiding pubs, clubs, theatres and other such social venues. But it was not a strict lockdown.

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