UK was too slow to lock down and initial approach to testing was chaotic, minister tells inquiry
Michael Gove has apologised for mistakes made by the government during the Covid pandemic, saying the UK was too slow to lock down in early 2020 and then again that autumn.
Gove told the Covid inquiry the initial delay was not because of dithering by Boris Johnson, saying that the then prime minister needed time to “reflect on the momentous nature of the decision and consider arguments against it”.
