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Boris Johnson has confessed the federal government did not understand coronavirus during the “first few weeks and months” of the UK break out.
The PM told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg there were “extremely open concerns” about whether the lockdown had begun too late.
Mr Johnson likewise mentioned “lessons to be discovered” and stated ministers could have done some things “in a different way”.
Labour implicated the federal government of “mishandling” the crisis.
More than 45,000 individuals in the UK have passed away after testing positive for coronavirus, government figures show, with nearly 300,000 cases validated.
Last week, Mr Johnson assured an “independent” query into the pandemic, however no information have actually been provided of its scope or timing.
Previously, the prime minister has said he took the “best choices at the correct time”, based on the recommendations of scientists.
But, in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg to mark the first anniversary of his getting in Downing Street, he stated: “We didn’t comprehend [the virus] in the way that we would have liked in the very first couple of weeks and months.
” And I believe, most likely, the single thing that we didn’t see at the start was the extent to which it was being transferred asymptomatically from person to individual.”
The prime minister added: “I believe it’s reasonable to say that there are things that we require to discover how we managed it in the early stages … There will be lots of chances to learn the lessons of what occurred.”
The UK entered into complete lockdown in late March, which critics state was far too late and expense lives.
Mr Johnson stated: “Maybe there were things we could have done differently, and naturally there will be time to understand exactly what we might ha