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Covid: Labour urges 'germ games' to plan for pandemics - BBC News

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The party's shadow health secretary says yearly drills would help the UK prepare for future threats.

Covid: Labour urges 'germ games' to plan for pandemics 9 March 2021 Share Save Add as preferred on Google Getty Images The government should hold annual planning exercises to prepare for future pandemics, Labour's shadow health secretary has said. Jonathan Ashworth said "germ games", modelled on yearly military drills, could help prepare the UK for an "era of pandemics". He said an independent body should audit the plans, as is done with annual spending. The government said its proposals would "supercharge" planning for the future. In a speech to the IPPR think tank, Mr Ashworth said ministers

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