LONDON, April 25 ― Britain passed the grim milestone of over 20,000 Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, as the daily toll rose 813 to 20,319 people who tested positive for the illness and died in hospital. Back in mid-March the government’s chief scientific adviser said that keeping the death toll...
People wearing face masks cross Millennium Bridge, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in London, Britain, April 25, 2020. ― Reuters pic
The government is facing growing criticism over its response to the new coronavirus pandemic as the death toll rises. Britain was slower to impose a lockdown than European peers and is struggling to raise its testing capacity. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still recovering after falling seriously ill with Covid-19 earlier this month and in his absence, government ministers have been struggling to explain high death rates, limited testing and shortages of protective equipment for medical workers and carers.
Earlier on Saturday, Stephen Powis, the medical director of the National Health Service in England, declined to give a new number for how many deaths could now be expected, but told BBC Radio:
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