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Letters Moving quickly in a pandemic

Covid-19: Inadequate health and safety regulatory planning in the UK

BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3174 (Published 13 August 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3174
  1. Andrew Watterson, professor
  1. Public Health and Population Health Research Group, Faculty of Health, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
  1. aew1{at}stir.ac.uk

Speed and local capacity in responding to the pandemic cluster was critical in Leicester.12 The city lockdown exposed inadequate national, regional, and local information, surveillance, and inspection of workplaces by regulatory agencies.

Groups at high risk of covid-19, such as manufacturing workers, meat and poultry workers, and migrant workers, are well known.34 Evidence exists about the greater vulnerability to covid-19 of black, …

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