Cross-community votes on lockdown measures unfortunate, scientist tells inquiry
The triggering of cross-community votes by Stormont ministers over lockdown restrictions was “not helpful” in maintaining public confidence in measures to combat the Covid pandemic, a senior scientific adviser has said.
Professor Ian Young also told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he believed that hospital services were within days of being overrun by the rising numbers of infections during a second wave of the virus in the autumn of 2020.
Professor Young and was one of the most high-profile figures during efforts by the devolved administration to tackle the pandemic.
