Into the fog: How the UK lost track of Covid-19

To tackle the invisible virus, doctors and health specialists first needed to find it. But with few tests, little contact tracing and a government culture of secrecy, they lost sight of the enemy, writes Stephen Grey, Andrew Macaskill, Ryan McNeill, Steve Stecklow and Tommy Wilkes
Into the fog: How the UK lost track of Covid-19

To tackle the invisible virus, doctors and health specialists first needed to find it. But with few tests, little contact tracing and a government culture of secrecy, they lost sight of the enemy, writes Stephen Grey, Andrew Macaskill, Ryan McNeill, Steve Stecklow and Tommy Wilkes

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