Bereaved Families: Govt handling of Covid was catastrophic

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Chair of COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Deborah Doyle says a report by the Covid Inquiry shows that Government handling of the pandemic was 'catastrophic', after the report found that chaos at the heart of government and a failure to take Covid-19 seriously cost 23,000 lives in the first wave of the pandemic. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The evidence from the inquiry is clear. Boris Johnson is blamed in black and white for the

00:06catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic. The government's catastrophic mishandling of the

00:11pandemic led to thousands of avoidable deaths. We now know that many of our family members would

00:17still be alive today if it wasn't for the leadership of Boris Johnson and his colleagues.

00:23As a report has found, the government's approach to the pandemic was undermined from the beginning.

00:30If Johnson had listened to scientific advice and lockdown even a week earlier, around 23,000

00:37people could have been saved. Instead, throughout the pandemic, Boris Johnson put his political

00:43reputation ahead of public safety. He pandered to his critics when the UK needed decisive action.

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