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Pandemic decisions not made via WhatsApp, Sturgeon tells UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Source: PA Media

Nicola Sturgeon has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry she did not use informal messaging such as WhatsApp to make decisions during the pandemic.

As she began giving evidence at the hearing in Edinburgh, the former first minister of Scotland was shown her statement to the inquiry, where she said there was a “high degree of formality around Scottish Government decision making”.

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