UK was insufficiently prepared for pandemic, secret document reveals

The analysis was based on a 2016 simulation of a flu pandemic, codenamed Exercise Cygnus.

A secret Whitehall document condemning the UK’s “insufficient” preparedness for a health pandemic such as the coronavirus outbreak has been published.

The analysis, based on a 2016 simulation of a flu pandemic, codenamed Exercise Cygnus, identified a “lack of joint tactical-level plans” for a public health emergency, with demand for services outstripping local capacity.