Delay in COVID-19 lockdowns in U.K. resulted in some 23,000 more deaths: public inquiry

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson oversaw a "toxic," "chaotic" and dithering response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

UK’s Covid response was ‘too little, too late’ and cost thousands of lives, inquiry says

The UK did “too little, too late,” in its early response to the coronavirus pandemic, leading to thousands of more deaths, ...

Coronavirus crisis: A timeline of the UK's response to the pandemic

As a damning report finds all four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the ...
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‘Chaotic’ culture in UK government led to more COVID deaths, inquiry finds

An inquiry commissioned in 2021 has found ex-PM Boris Johnson failed to act decisively to combat the global pandemic.
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COVID inquiry finds UK inaction cost thousands of lives

About 23,000 deaths could have been prevented in England if the first COVID-19 lockdown had been introduced sooner at the ...
The Japan Times

U.K.’s ‘chaotic’ response to COVID-19 led to more deaths, inquiry finds

A public inquiry concluded that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s response, including a delay of lockdowns, ...
New Scientist

Why the UK was so ill prepared for the covid-19 pandemic

“The UK prepared for the wrong pandemic.” That is a key conclusion from the first part of a government inquiry examining the UK’s response to the covid-19 pandemic, specifically looking at its ...
News Medical

Has the COVID-19 pandemic widened the mental health gap in the UK?

In a recent study published in BMC Public Health, researchers investigate the diverse impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mental health and inequalities within the adult ...

Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 decision making ‘chaotic’ and marred by political disputes, says report

Second report on Covid-19 flags Michelle O'Neill attendance at Bobby Storey funeral and Arlene Foster instigating votes to ...