Health
Ministers ‘failed to act on Bedford Covid variant surge for two weeks’ – The Guardian
Focus was put on Bolton so government could say it was still safe to ease lockdown, it is claimed
Early warning data in Bedford revealed a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases two weeks before the government acted on it, sources have claimed.
Tests of the towns sewage a potentially crucial early alert system indicated Bedford had a rapidly escalating problem probably linked to the India variant, but no attempt was made by central government to intervene, the sources claim.
Public health officials in Bedford believe that the government chose, instead, to highlight rising cases linked to the India variant…
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