Chief medical officer told colleagues to delete WhatsApps ‘at end of every day’
Scotland’s chief medical officer told colleagues to delete WhatsApp messages “at the end of every day” during the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard.
Professor Sir Gregor Smith’s has added to a growing political storm around the retention of informal messages by senior decision makers and their advisers during the handling of Covid-19.
Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and her deputy John Swinney did not retain messages, while the national clinical director, Professor Jason, Leitch said deleting messages was a “bedtime ritual”.
During an appearance before the inquiry on, a message from the chief medical officer in a group chat in July 2021 with other medical advisers was shown for the first time.
