UK Covid Inquiry Says Thousands Of Lives Could Have Been Saved

The second report from an inquiry into the UK response to the Covid-19 pandemic criticised the government in 2020 led by Boris Johnson for a "lack of urgency" in the early days of the pandemic, adding the lockdown was "too little, too late".

xLONDON: About 23,000 deaths could have been prevented in England if the first Covid-19 lockdown had been introduced sooner at the start of the pandemic, a UK public inquiry found Thursday.

The second report from an inquiry into the UK response to the Covid-19 pandemic criticised the government in 2020 led by Boris Johnson for a "lack of urgency" in the early days of the pandemic, adding the lockdown was "too little, too late".

Modelling shows that if the first lockdown had been imposed earlier, it could have prevented 23,000 deaths in England alon