EXCL: Channel 4 News has seen a leaked paper prepared for one of the scientific committees advising the government - which called in the starkest possible way for a lockdown - a full two weeks before the official announcement was made.
Paper by Prof Steven Riley at Imperial College London finds that mitigation, strategy government was following at the time, would lead to 1.7 million deaths. He advocates for change of strategy to that seen in Hong Kong, Japan, Italy of "successful ongoing control" ie lockdown
WATCH tonight's exclusive Channel 4 News report by @vsmacdonald and produced by @MillyTeasdale : channel4.com/news/uk-govern…
