UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Modules 2, 2A, 2B, 2C: Core decision-making and political governance, Volume I

Contents

• Volume I: Introduction and key events from Read →
• Volume I: Introduction and key events from January 2020 to May Read →
• Appendix 1: The background to this module and the Inquiry's methodology Read →
• Volume I: Introduction and key events from January 2020 to May Read →
• Volume I: Introduction and key events from January 2020 to May Read →
• Introduction by The Rt Hon the Baroness Hallett DBE Read →
• Executive summary p. 2 Read →
• Key themes p. 9 Read →
• Specific recommendations p. 15 Read →
• Chapter 1: The context for pandemic decision-making – key structures and concepts p. 17 Read →
• Key scientific concepts p. 22 Read →
• Chapter 2: The emergence of Covid-19 (January and February 2020) p. 33 Read →
• The situation at the end of January 2020 p. 54 Read →
• February 2020: The spread of the virus p. 58 Read →
• Border controls and restrictions p. 79 Read →
• The situation at the end of February 2020 p. 81 Read →
• Lost time p. 92 Read →
• Chapter 3: The first 12 days of March p. 93 Read →
• The initial plan for the response p. 105 Read →
• 4 to 12 March 2020 p. 120 Read →
• The move from 'contain' to 'delay' and self-isolation advice p. 138 Read →
• The end of community testing and tracing contacts p. 145 Read →
• Chapter 4: Realisation and lockdown (13 to 23 March 2020) p. 149 Read →
• 13 March 2020: New data and a dawning realisation p. 154 Read →
• The weekend of 14 and 15 March 2020 p. 160 Read →
• 16 March 2020: An 'advisory' lockdown p. 171 Read →
• 17 March 2020 p. 178 Read →
• 18 March 2020: Closing schools and London lockdown p. 180 Read →
• 19 and 20 March: Additional restrictions p. 185 Read →
• The weekend of 21 and 22 March 2020 p. 192 Read →
• The lockdown decision: 23 March 2020 p. 195 Read →
• Decision-making leading to the lockdown decision p. 200 Read →
• The inevitability of a lockdown p. 214 Read →
• Chapter 5: Exit from lockdown (April to early July 2020) p. 215 Read →
• Plans for reviewing lockdown p. 218 Read →
• April 2020: Reviews of lockdown p. 221 Read →
• May 2020: Planning for lifting lockdown p. 235 Read →
• June 2020: Reopening p. 248 Read →
• Further easing of restrictions in July 2020 p. 260 Read →
• Chapter 6: The second wave (mid-July to early December 2020) p. 267 Read →
• July and August 2020 p. 269 Read →
• September 2020 p. 282 Read →
• The situation at the end of September 2020 p. 298 Read →
• Local restrictions: England and Scotland p. 300 Read →
• Circuit breakers in Wales and Northern Ireland p. 308 Read →
• A second lockdown in England p. 320 Read →
• November and early December 2020 p. 330 Read →
• Chapter 7: Further lockdowns (December 2020 to April 2021) p. 334 Read →
• February to April 2021 p. 363 Read →
• The situation by the end of April 2021 p. 373 Read →
• Chapter 8: Learning to live with Covid-19 (May 2021 to May 2022) p. 377 Read →
• The situation at the end of July 2021 p. 397 Read →
• August to October 2021 p. 400 Read →
• The situation at the end of October 2021 p. 407 Read →
• Omicron: November and December 2021 p. 409 Read →
• The situation at the end of December 2021 p. 428 Read →
• January to May 2022 p. 431 Read →
• The situation at the end of May 2022 p. 437 Read →
• A new normal p. 439 Read →

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