Lack of coronavirus testing and PPE among UK's key mistakes, MPs told

Exclusive: cross-party inquiry told government’s Covid-19 response ‘fell short’ of what was needed Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA lack of protective equipment, testing and discharging people from hospital into care homes were the key mistakes made by government in its coronavirus response, according to the first responses given to a major coronavirus inquiry seen exclusively by the Guardian.Older people were “catastrophically let down” and many died before their time, according to a damning submission from the charity Age UK. It also described the initial policy of discharging the elderly from hospital into care settings without a Covid-19 test as a “terrible mistake”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/24/lack-of-coronavirus-testing-and-ppe-among-uks-key-mistakes-mps-told #coronavirus_outbreak #uk_news #politics #health #nhs