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Lessons For All From The UK’s Covid Mishandling

Patrick Diamond, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London

18-Oct-21 07:30

Lessons For All From The UK’s Covid Mishandling

Patrick Diamond from Queen Mary University of London helps unpack a Covid-19 report by UK MPs highlighting the country’s failure to do more to stop the virus from spreading early in the pandemic.

Image credit: groovelanddesigns / Pixabay.com

Produced by: Arleen Webber

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See


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