In a candid testimony before the Covid-19 inquiry, Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty revealed that the UK was “woefully” unprepared for a pandemic before the arrival of the coronavirus in 2020. Whitty, a key adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the pandemic, expressed his belief that the first lockdown was imposed “too late.”
During the six-hour grilling, Sir Chris was diplomatic but highlighted deficiencies in the pre-2020 pandemic preparedness document, describing it as “woefully deficient” even for managing flu, let alone a more deadly virus like COVID-19. He emphasised the government’s lack of robust plans to mitigate the high mortality rate associated with the virus.
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