Reuters As the former director of the British Cabinet Office's Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Bruce Mann was in charge of Britain's planning for and response to emergencies and disasters. Governments are feeling their way and drawing on their own experiences and those of other governments, Mann said, citing the swift and dramatic lockdown in countries around the world. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Editor's Note: WPR has made this article, as well as a selection of others from our COVID-19 coverage that we consider to be in the public interest, freely available.