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Britain locked down too late, Professor Chris Whitty tells Covid inquiry
Chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty arrives to give a statement to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London, during its second investigation (Module 2) exploring core UK decision-making and political governance, November 21, 2023
TOP medical official Professor Chris Whitty conceded that Britain entered lockdown too late at the beginning of the pandemic, in evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry today.
The government’s chief medical officer said that society should have been locked down earlier as the pandemic struck.
He told the inquiry: “The idea of essentially, by law, locking down all society is not something which had previously been used.
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