Earlier action would have saved thousands of lives

The COVID Diaries – 74 10th June

Professor Neil Ferguson, whose modelling helped shape the coronavirus response strategy, has said thousands of deaths could have been prevented if the UK had acted sooner.

He told the Commons science and technology committee: “We knew the epidemic was doubling every three to four days before lockdown interventions were introduced.

“So had we introduced lockdown measures a week earlier, we would have reduced the final death toll by at least a half.”