Infectious Diseases: Disease Control
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scope is of Exercise PEGASUS.
Answered by Ashley Dalton
Exercise PEGASUS is a pandemic preparedness exercise, based on a novel enterovirus, led by the Department, with the UK Health Security Agency. It has been the largest simulation of a pandemic in the history of the United Kingdom and has involved all Government departments, the devolved administrations, local resilience forums, and other key stakeholders. Live participation in the exercise took place between September and November 2025, simulating the lifecycle of a pandemic, including emergence, containment, and mitigation, and sought to test decision-making processes at every level. A fourth phase, for recovery, is planned to be exercised via a ‘table-top’ in 2026.
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