COVID-19 Lockdowns ‘Damaged a Generation’: Former Chief Medical Officer

COVID-19 Lockdowns ‘Damaged a Generation’: Former Chief Medical Officer
A member of staff wearing personal protective equipment takes a child's temperature at the Harris Academy's Shortland's school in London on June 4, 2020. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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The interruption of education during COVID-19 lockdowns “damaged a generation,” England’s former Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dame Sally Davies has said.

Giving evidence to the COVID-19 Inquiry on Tuesday, Davies, who is now the master of Trinity College, Cambridge, said education “has a terrific amount of work to do” to mitigate the impact on children and students.