Anonymous
ID: GVwm36xy
7/9/2025, 9:09:52 AM No.509900854
The UK is currently preparing nationwide exercise PEGASUS for a new pandemic caused by a virus with bigger mortality than covid-19. The exercise includes e.g. rapid mobilisation of entire state (public administration, army, police, health care system) to provide rapid vaccination to general population through mass-vaccination centers, drive-thru sites, walk-in clinics, home visits, digital booking and tracking system, community outreach against the vaccine-hesitancy groups, and data utilisation to identify unvaccinated individuals.
Government publications, such as the UKHSA Advisory Board update on preparedness, confirm that Exercise PEGASUS includes planning for vaccination as part of epidemic and pandemic preparedness, with mentions of pre-pandemic vaccine stockpiles (e.g., H5 influenza vaccines). The JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025 further indicates ongoing strategies for prioritization and delivery, which align with the techniques listed.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-government-response-to-the-covid-19-inquiry-module-1-report/uk-government-uk-covid-19-inquiry-response-module-1-implementation-update
>a. DHSC is working with health and care partners and other departments with support from the Cabinet Office to develop the pandemic preparedness strategy. The aim is to publish this in autumn 2025, after incorporating interim findings of the PEGASUS Tier 1 Exercise taking place.
>b. The Department for Health and Social Careโs (DHSC) respiratory response plan is due to be completed in summer 2025. Following its completion, DHSC will look to adapt the plan to other routes of transmission, learning from the experience of developing the respiratory response plan and informed by Exercise PEGASUS.
>a. The Tier 1 exercise (Exercise PEGASUS) on pandemic preparedness and response will take place between September and November 2025. Participation will be at a national and local level, and will include the four nations.
Government publications, such as the UKHSA Advisory Board update on preparedness, confirm that Exercise PEGASUS includes planning for vaccination as part of epidemic and pandemic preparedness, with mentions of pre-pandemic vaccine stockpiles (e.g., H5 influenza vaccines). The JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025 further indicates ongoing strategies for prioritization and delivery, which align with the techniques listed.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-government-response-to-the-covid-19-inquiry-module-1-report/uk-government-uk-covid-19-inquiry-response-module-1-implementation-update
>a. DHSC is working with health and care partners and other departments with support from the Cabinet Office to develop the pandemic preparedness strategy. The aim is to publish this in autumn 2025, after incorporating interim findings of the PEGASUS Tier 1 Exercise taking place.
>b. The Department for Health and Social Careโs (DHSC) respiratory response plan is due to be completed in summer 2025. Following its completion, DHSC will look to adapt the plan to other routes of transmission, learning from the experience of developing the respiratory response plan and informed by Exercise PEGASUS.
>a. The Tier 1 exercise (Exercise PEGASUS) on pandemic preparedness and response will take place between September and November 2025. Participation will be at a national and local level, and will include the four nations.
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