‘Why were we not looking more closely at what was being done in other countries?’

The former Conservative leadership contender, Rory Stewart, started calling for a lockdown in late February. He told Justin Webb ministers could have done things differently by looking at how other countries, particularly China and South Korea, had suppressed the virus. It follows claims from the former Government advisor Professor Neil Ferguson that the death toll from COVID-19 could have been halved if the lockdown had begun one week earlier. Justin also heard from our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg and from Mark Woolhouse, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh. The R4Today podcast. Credit: Press Association