UK Covid inquiry: government accused of giving ‘very little’ advance thought to lockdown and being too focused on flu – live

Latest updates: Covid inquiry’s counsel says evidence will demonstrate government devoted more resource to flu pandemic

Hallett says the inquiry will shortly play a 17-minute video about the impact of the pandemic. It is very moving, she says. She says people in the room who do not want to watch are free to leave.

Hallett says that she hopes that the inquiry’s recommendations will over time “save lives and reduce suffering in the future”.

My plan, as people now know, is to publish reports as we go along. So that when the hearings for this module finish, work will begin on preparing the report for this module. When that report is ready, it will be published. In the meantime, the other module teams and I will be working on the next modules.

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