Britain wins rare praise for leading race to test life-saving Covid drugs
by Robin McKie from on (#565RD)
UK's high infection rate and centralised NHS have enabled Recovery team to help victims across the world
It has been a startling week for those following Britain's response to the pandemic. Roundly derided for the lateness of its lockdown and its bungled testing programmes, the UK was the unexpected recipient of a sudden bout of lavish praise for its scientists' efforts to combat the d isease.
The Brits are on course to save the world," wrote leading US economist Tyler Cowen in Bloomberg Opinion, while the journal Science quoted leading international scientists who have heaped praise on British researchers' anti-Covid work.
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