Ex-UK Health Secretary Apologizes for Pandemic Failures, Admits Resources Diverted to Brexit

Matt Hancock expressed regret for the UK's poor pandemic preparedness and planning centered around influenza rather than coronaviruses, acknowledging the flawed doctrines and failure to change them contributed to many problems in responding to the crisis.
Hancock said the country must be prepared for "wider, earlier, more stringent" lockdowns and accepted that Brexit planning diverted resources from pandemic planning.
The UK was ill-prepared for the pandemic due to resources being moved away from pandemic planning to prepare for Brexit, forcing officials to quickly source supplies and set up systems from scratch.
A woman named Lorelei King confronted Hancock, raising posters of her husband who died in a care home, accusing Hancock of not taking responsibility for the situation in care homes.
Around 10 members of bereaved families also confronted Hancock outside the inquiry on Tuesday as he arrived to give evidence about the government's pandemic response.