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Summary

  • The Covid inquiry is hearing from experts in public health today

  • The former chief medical officer for Scotland, Dr Catharine Calderwood, is the first to appear

  • She resigned from her post in 2020 after it emerged she had breached lockdown travel restrictions

  • The inquiry is also hearing from Prof Jim McManus, the president of the Association of Directors of Public Health, and Kevin Fenton, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health

  • This afternoon Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, will give evidence

  • No-one will be found "guilty" or "innocent" in the inquiry - the idea is to learn lessons

  • This page won't feature regular text updates, but you can watch live coverage by clicking play above

  1. Watch live at the top of this pagepublished at 10:04 British Summer Time 5 July 2023

    The Covid inquiry continues today with appearances from experts in public health.

    This morning the former chief medical officer for Scotland, Dr Catharine Calderwood, faces questions from the inquiry.

    She resigned during the pandemic after she was found to have breached lockdown travel restrictions by visiting a second home.

    We鈥檒l also hear from experts in public health and infectious disease epidemiology.

    Our coverage today won鈥檛 feature any text updates, but you can watch a stream of proceedings at the inquiry by clicking play above.