Wednesday, August 5, 2020

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE CRITICISES UK IMPORTED INFECTIONS REPONSE

Senior lawmakers say the UK government made a mistake by not catching "imported infections" from other European countries, earlier in the coronavirus pandemic.

The Home Affairs select committee, made up of MPs from multiple parties, says 10,000 travellers with coronavirus entered the country before quarantine rules were introduced.

COVID-19 has killed over 46,000 people in the UK, and its Office for National Statistics says England's suffered the highest level of excess deaths - so far - of any country in Europe.

Stuart Smith reports from London.

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