The involvement of bereaved families will be “absolutely key” to the success of the independent inquiry into the Government’s handling of the pandemic, a campaigner has said.
Boris Johnson revealed on Wednesday that the inquiry would commence in spring next year and would put “the state’s actions under a microscope”.
Rivika Gottlieb, whose father Michael died in the first wave of the pandemic, has been among those calling for an inquiry since last year.
Speaking in front of the National Coronavirus Memorial in London, Ms Gottlieb told the PA news agency: “We’ve been campaigning since last May for a review.
A Covid memorial wall has “got to stay”, bereaved families have said, as volunteers completed the installation.
Roughly 150,000 red and pink hearts have been painted along the Thames Embankment opposite the Houses of Parliament.
The National Covid Memorial Wall, stretching almost 500 metres between Westminster and Lambeth bridges, will be added to as the Covid-19 death toll keeps climbing.
Alison Weetman lost her father to Covid on April 1 2020, and has contributed to the memorial wall with her daughter, Abbie, to commemorate him.
A young girl rides a scooter past the National Covid Memorial Wall on the Embankment in London (Victoria Jones/PA)
A Covid memorial wall has “got to stay”, bereaved families have said, as volunteers completed the installation.
Roughly 150,000 red and pink hearts have been painted along the Thames Embankment opposite the Houses of Parliament.
The National Covid Memorial Wall, stretching almost 500 metres between Westminster and Lambeth bridges, will be added to as the Covid-19 death toll keeps climbing.
Alison Weetman lost her father to Covid on April 1 2020, and has contributed to the memorial wall with her daughter, Abbie, to commemorate him.
A young girl rides a scooter past the National Covid Memorial Wall on the Embankment in London (Victoria Jones/PA)
A Covid memorial wall has “got to stay”, bereaved families have said, as volunteers completed the installation.
Roughly 150,000 red and pink hearts have been painted along the Thames Embankment opposite the Houses of Parliament.
The National Covid Memorial Wall, stretching almost 500 metres between Westminster and Lambeth bridges, will be added to as the Covid-19 death toll keeps climbing.
Alison Weetman lost her father to Covid on April 1 2020, and has contributed to the memorial wall with her daughter, Abbie, to commemorate him.
A young girl rides a scooter past the National Covid Memorial Wall on the Embankment in London (Victoria Jones/PA)
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