Good evening. Prof Sir Chris Whitty has admitted that the Government potentially overstated the danger of Covid to the public at the start of the pandemic.
Elsewhere, Sir Keir Starmer joked about his use of Labour donor Lord Alli’s central London penthouse as he met with US business chiefs in New York.
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Chris Whitty: I worry we overstated danger of Covid at start of pandemic
The Chief Medical Officer told the Covid Inquiry he still worries about whether the Government got “the level of concern” right as it introduced lockdowns and shielding measures. Sir Chris said it was a difficult balance and if anything it was possible that authorities “overdid it” when communicating how dangerous the virus was at the beginning of the pandemic.
