Covid Inquiry: Government wasn’t ‘electrified’ by threat from virus, Whitty says
22 Nov 2023 Medical

Covid Inquiry: Government wasn’t ‘electrified’ by threat from virus, Whitty says

Chief medical officer says “hard geopolitical threats” are treated differently to health emergencies
by Jim Dunton
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