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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Most striking is the abyss between plans and the ability to implement them with emergency response measures. The 2004 Civil Contingencies Act has been sidelined throughout the Coronavirus disaster. Examples are the Stafford Act in the USA, the Disaster Management Act of India and Law 225 of 1992 in Italy.