🔗 Share this article Lockdown Seven Days Before Might Have Prevented Twenty-Three Thousand Lives, Covid Investigation Determines A harsh government investigation concerning the United Kingdom's response of the Covid crisis has found that the reaction were "too little, too late," declaring how implementing a lockdown just seven days before could have prevented over twenty thousand deaths. Key Findings of the Inquiry Detailed in exceeding seven hundred fifty pages spanning two reports, the conclusions paint a consistent story of delay, inaction and a seeming failure to understand lessons. The account about the beginning of the coronavirus in early 2020 has been described as notably brutal, labeling the month of February as being "a wasted month." Official Shortcomings Highlighted The report questions why the UK leader neglected to lead any session of the Cobra response team that month. The response to Covid effectively paused over the mid-term vacation. By the second week in March, the circumstances was "almost disastrous," due to a lack of preparation, a lack of testing and consequently no clear picture of the extent to which the coronavirus had spread. Potential Impact Even though acknowledging that the move to implement a lockdown was historic and extremely challenging, taking other action to reduce the spread of the virus more quickly could have meant such measures may not have been necessary, or at least proved of shorter duration. Once confinement was inevitable, the inquiry authors noted, if it had been introduced on March 16, projections suggested this could have reduced the total of lives lost in England in the earliest phase of the pandemic by almost half, equating to twenty-three thousand deaths prevented. The inability to understand the scale of the threat, and the need of response it necessitated, led to that by the time the option of enforced restrictions was first discussed it was already too delayed so that restrictions were necessary. Ongoing Failures The investigation further highlighted how several similar mistakes – responding with delay as well as downplaying the rate together with impact of the virus's transmission – were then repeated in the latter part of 2020, as measures were removed only to be late reintroduced in the face of contagious new strains. It labels this "unacceptable," stating how those in charge were unable to absorb experience during successive waves. Final Count The United Kingdom endured one of the most severe Covid crises in Europe, recording about two hundred forty thousand virus-related lives lost. This investigation is the latest by the public investigation regarding each part of the management and management of the pandemic, that began two years ago and is scheduled to run through 2027.