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The U.K.'s former health secretary told a covid-19 inquiry Thursday that the British government would have saved many lives if it had acted sooner and imposed a national lockdown weeks earlier than it did in March 2020.
The former health secretary gave evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry on Thursday.
The ex-health secretary denies lying during the pandemic and criticises atmosphere in government.
Former health secretary Matt Hancock played a key role in the UK's response to the COVID pandemic - and his decisions will today be scrutinised by the official inquiry.
The former miniser denied there had been ‘absence of a plan' and insisted his department did ‘rise to the challenge' of the pandemic.