US EditionEx-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds
The UK Covid Inquiry found that delays and a chaotic decision-making culture under Boris Johnson's government likely caused 23,000 avoidable deaths in England during early 2020.
- On Thursday, the UK Covid‑19 Inquiry concluded Boris Johnson, former UK prime minister, presided over a toxic, chaotic culture in Number 10 that hampered timely pandemic leadership.
- Baroness Heather Hallett's report found a 'lost month' in early UK response, criticised UK testing capacity for poor virus tracking, and said the 'behavioural fatigue' concept lacked scientific basis.
- Johnson announced a UK‑wide lockdown on March 23, 2020 after weeks of rising cases, and the report noted March 13th, 2020 as a watershed moment; modelling concluded an earlier lockdown could have cut first‑wave deaths in England by about 23,000 or 48%.
- Baroness Heather Hallett issued 19 key recommendations in a report of more than 800 pages as the UK Covid‑19 Inquiry continues after two years and is expected to run until 2027.
- The inquiry warned poor relations between Boris Johnson and devolved first ministers, including Nicola Sturgeon, undermined UK-wide coordination and that later lockdowns were avoidable.
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An expert commission in the UK accuses the then conservative government of Premier Johnson of serious failures at the start of the Corona pandemic in 2020.
The confinement "should have been introduced a week earlier," according to a public investigation unveiled this Thursday.
On the 20th, the UK's public independent inquiry into the COVID-19 outbreak concluded that the UK government's response was "too little and too late." The inquiry's report stated that a more appropriate response by the UK government could have reduced the number of deaths by approximately 23,000.
In England, thousands of deaths could have been avoided if the first confinement had been introduced earlier, according to a public investigation revealed on Thursday. The report points out the responsibility of the then government, too "optimistic" at the beginning of 2020. - 23,000 deaths could have been avoided in England: an investigation smacks Boris Johnson's action against the Covid (International).
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