Policy paper

UK pandemic preparedness

How the UK prepares for and responds to an infectious disease pandemic, particularly a potential outbreak of pandemic influenza.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Annex B: Exercise Cygnus Report

Details

This document sets out:

  • how the UK prepares for and responds to an infectious disease pandemic, particularly a potential outbreak of pandemic influenza
  • how exercises carried out as part of our pandemic preparedness have informed the UK’s COVID-19 response

Updates to this page

Published 20 October 2020
Last updated 5 November 2020 + show all updates
  1. Added accessible version of Annex B.

  2. First published.

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