Dominic Cummings said it was "pretty insane" many senior government officials including Boris Johnson went on holiday in February 2020 half term.
Mr Johnson's former chief adviser told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that the coronavirus was not seen by senior people as an "imminent crisis" at the time but as "quite a distant problem".
Report by Jonesia.
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