Watch: Covid inquiry hears from public health experts

Summary

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry continues to hear from witnesses, on the fourth day of public hearings
Global health expert Sir Michael Marmot will talk about health inequalities this morning
The inquiry will also hear from public health expert Prof Clare Bambra, and later from former director of the civil contingencies secretariat Katharine Hammond
On Thursday, the inquiry heard from Prof David Alexander, who told the inquiry a future pandemic was inevitable
No-one will be found "guilty" or "innocent" in the inquiry - the idea is to learn lessons
To watch the inquiry, press play above

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the UK's Covid inquiry, on the fourth day of public hearings.

This phase, or module, is one of six and is examining how prepared the UK was for the pandemic.

From 10:00, we're expecting to hear from global health expert Prof Sir Michael Marmot and public health expert Prof Clare Bambra.

From 14:00, former director of the civil contingencies secretariat in the Cabinet Office, Katharine Hammond, is expected to speak.

There will be no text coverage of today's hearing, but you can watch the proceedings live at the top of this page by clicking the Play button.

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