Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Britain's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, telling an official inquiry he did not recognise testimony describing a dysfunctional government and saying his hospitality scheme was supported at the time.
UK PM Boris Johnson expresses his concerns after UK sees the first death due to the Omicron variant. 10 people are currently being treated after testing positive for Omicron variant, no deaths.
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The Government said today that a further 1,820 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid as of Wednesday, which has now brought the UK total to 93,290. But cases are down again compared to seven days earlier, as last Wednesday saw 47,525 cases reported. Separate figures published by the UK s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid has been mentioned on the death certificate, along with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, also s