Opinion: Not perfect but positive - the UK response to Covid-19

Is criticism of the Government's response to the Covid-19 crisis justified? Here Dr Vageesh Jain (UCL Institute for Global Health) writes that while some concerns are warranted, recent measures, including volunteer recruitment, merit optimism - in what will be a "12 round fight". Over the past couple of weeks, the UK government has received unwavering criticism for its response to COVID-19. Several faultfinders have unleashed their uninhibited condemnation of the COVID-19 strategy. Many concerns are warranted. Most would agree that the response and its communication have been far from perfect. But if the UK is to successfully scale this epidemiological monolith, we must yield hope from its successes. One of the most ubiquitous criticisms has been on the shift in strategy, seen by some as premature and defeatist.
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