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Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland had ‘no set plan’ to deal with Covid-style pandemic
Former first minister also tells inquiry communication between UK and devolved administrations was too ad hoc
There was “no set plan” in Scotland for dealing with a pandemic of the nature of Covid-19, Nicola Sturgeon has told the UK Covid inquiry.
The former first minister said she accepted that the 2011 four nations pandemic plan – which focused on influenza – was inadequate, but that did not mean no part of it was useful. “There is no plan that will ever completely replicate what happens in reality when a pandemic unfortunately confronts us.”
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