Bird flu: Ex-SAGE adviser calls on UK to start stockpiling antiviral drugs and PPE

Bird flu: Ex-SAGE adviser calls on UK to start stockpiling antiviral drugs and PPE Britain should be stockpiling more antivirals and PPE for bird flu, according to an expert who helped guide the Government through Covid.

Professor Peter Openshaw, who sat on two influential SAGE committees during the pandemic, said it was essential to start preparing for the worst-case scenario. 

His comments come as fears of an avian influenza crisis in humans have drastically escalated over the past fortnight. The Daily Mail