June 11,2020

Andrew Campbell 

Professor Ferguson told the UK’s Members of Parliament in a committee that if ministers had taken the lockdown action earlier, there would have been fewer deaths in the UK. He also mentioned about the rapid virus spread in care homes because of both the deficiency of shielding the elderly and the caring staff’s working in numerous places. He also warned the infection situation in the country was in fact more serious than anticipated.

On the other hand, the Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, said the measure was “premature” while the epidemic took a far way to go. He indicated that it was necessary to look back on the entire situation and learn from it. Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical adviser in the UK, said that looking back to improve the decision was a regular thing.