LIVE: UK Covid-19 Inquiry hears evidence on resilience and preparedness

The UK COVID-19 Inquiry hears evidence for its first module, on resilience and preparedness, with hearings set to last six weeks. It would 'not be reasonable' to expect Britain to have been fully prepared for Covid, public health experts claimed yesterday. In the inquiry's first call for evidence from witnesses, Professor Jimmy Whitworth and Dr Charlotte Hammer said the scale of the pandemic was 'unprecedented'. It also had 'unknown variables involved', the pair added. The duo, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University of Cambridge, respectively, told the second public hearing that the UK was instead 'thought to be fairly well prepared'. In a report by Dr Hammer and Professor Whitworth, which had been submitted to the Inquiry, it listed a string of recommendations on how the UK could prepare better for another deadly virus. #CovidInquiry #Covid #BorisJohnson #RishiSunak #BaronessHallett #UKnews Daily Mail Website: https://www.dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail Facebook: https://facebook.com/dailymail Daily Mail IG: https://instagram.com/dailymail Daily Mail Snap: https://snapchat.com/discover/Daily-Ma... Daily Mail Twitter: https://twitter.com/MailOnline Daily Mail Pinterest: https://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: https://dailymail.co.uk/mobile