Lack of 'operational readiness' delayed measures to curb Covid, Vallance says
20 Nov Science & Engineering

Lack of 'operational readiness' delayed measures to curb Covid, Vallance says

"Urgency of action" was not "as consistent and as reliable as it should have been across Whitehall", ex-scientific adviser says
by Beckie Smith
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