Boris Johnson’s former top aide tells MPs there is need for urgent inquiry into handling of Covid crisis
Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, has described the Department of Health as “a smoking ruin” as it struggled to procure PPE in the first wave of coronavirus last spring and called for an urgent inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus.
The shortage of personal protective equipment such as masks, visors and gowns forced the government to order in supplies at inflated prices, with some items being found to be useless once they arrived.
