The Government “did not react fast enough” in the early stages of the pandemic, a leading health expert has said.
Sage adviser Sir Jeremy Farrar lamented the pace of the Government’s initial response in an interview with The Times.
His comments come in advance of his new book, Spike: The Virus v The People, which details his account of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sir Jeremy, who is director of the Wellcome Trust, told the paper it was clear in the early stages of the outbreak that the Government response needed to be military-like.
He said: “Certainly in my lifetime, and even in the past 100 years if you exclude war, I can’t think there’s been such a disruptive event in the world.
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