The Covid inquiry in Wales reveals that the Welsh government was unaware of a mass Covid test center set up by the UK government in Cardiff during the pandemic. Health experts testify that the Welsh government did not treat Covid as an emergency in early March 2020. First Minister Mark Drakeford criticizes local Covid lockdowns as a 'failed experiment.' Former Welsh Secretary Simon Hart warns that differing pandemic rules between Wales and England were 'potentially dangerous.' The inquiry also highlights concerns about the UK government's handling of Covid posing a threat to the future of the union.
Covid Inquiry in Wales: Week two's 'extraordinary' surprise https://t.co/duw3KQR5Ru
1st Minister of Wales @MarkDrakeford joins the growing list of former lockdown champions who were, until recently, militantly certain of their efficacy. 🔸MD, Feb 2021: Lockdowns work so well, we might even impose a 4th one. 🔸MD, Mar 2024: Actually, lockdowns didn't work. https://t.co/dywSGOEnoR https://t.co/qqiT29ycUD
The big questions Wales leaders need to be asked when they give evidence at the Covid Inquiry next week https://t.co/qQuU9K6BJQ
"Welsh Government brought in different pandemic rules for sake of it, Covid Inquiry told "Former Welsh Secretary Simon Hart says the differing laws in Wales and England were ‘potentially dangerous’" https://t.co/eyMc6yTWdF
The first minister of Wales was concerned that the UK government's handling of COVID was a "genuine threat" to the future of the union, the public inquiry has heard. Read more 🔗 https://t.co/ITv82hFCtz
Covid inquiry: Welsh ministers didn't know Covid rules https://t.co/3DPMxQbRHO
Health expert describes ‘frantic’ situation at Public Health Wales at start of pandemic https://t.co/Avtb96b1rD
The Welsh government did not want to treat Covid as an emergency by early March 2020, health expert says https://t.co/Avtb96b1rD
Extraordinary moment that Wales' top civil servant is rebuked in the Covid Inquiry https://t.co/j1iY9zvCbF https://t.co/LUybCD9xhn
Wales's First Minister Mark Drakeford has told the Covid Inquiry that local Covid lockdowns were a "failed experiment". If they were an experiment, where was the consent, ask Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. https://t.co/8YF46D38Is
The Covid inquiry hears that the Welsh government did not have any idea about a mass Covid test centre set up in Cardiff during the pandemic by the UK government https://t.co/6wJERtC7So
The NHS Wales chief executive during the pandemic says there was a change by the Welsh government in response to Covid in the last week of February and early March https://t.co/4amfGMD1iR