The British government prioritized preparing for a “hard Brexit” over dealing with the virus during the COVID-19 pandemic. This emerges from the first results of an inquiry into the country’s response to the pandemic.
The United Kingdom formally ended its 47-year membership of the European Union on January 31, 2020, just weeks before the outbreak of the pandemic.
“This evacuation required a tremendous amount of planning and preparation, especially given the severe consequences of a no-deal evacuation for food and medicine, travel and transportation, the economy, borders and more,” said Hugo Keith Casey. When the persons in charge of the study present the first results.
As such, he added, the government had “displaced” and “blocked” some of the improvements that needed to be made in terms of Brexit planning and back-to-back planning and preparation.
A committee was set up to prepare for an influenza pandemic, thereby updating the existing strategy from 2011. However, Keith explained that the group’s work had been “put on the back burner by preparations for Brexit”.
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