First Covid lockdown was delayed because there was no plan , Cummings says
Ex-No.10 adviser says senior official warned that there is no plan, we’re in huge trouble”
Dominic Cummings gave evidence to MPs today. Screenshot: Parliament TV
The first coronavirus lockdown was delayed because there was “no proper plan” in place and because the economic damage of “overreacting” to the pandemic was considered a bigger risk than the virus itself, the prime minister’s former top adviser has said.
Giving evidence to MPs this morning, Dominic Cummings said “the system” repeatedly put off the introduction of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus early last year “because there was not a proper plan in place”.