Public Health England’s (PHE) boss has hit back as ministers appear to shift blame onto the organisation for COVID-19 errors.
Downing Street did not deny a report that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was referring to PHE when he said in a speech last week that ‘parts of government seemed to respond so sluggishly’ to the pandemic.
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