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and again here, he acted later than he might have. the question is what was the impact of doing that? by mid may, the opposition was making these accusations. they should ve put india on the red list at the same time as pakistan and as bangladesh. since then, we ve had this three week period in which thousands of people have returned from india, and that probably includes hundreds of the new variant covid cases. and, as the case numbers in england increased, so did the criticism of what happened in april. injune, george eaton of the new statesman tweeted. but does this add up? can we connect the timing of india going on the red list with what s happening now? certainly, delta is the problem right now. it accounts for more than 90% of new cases,
urging the prime minister to act. and whatever the rights and wrongs of the government s decision, borisjohnson was following a pattern. at the start of the pandemic, he locked down england later than many european countries. in the autumn, he locked down later than his scientific advisers suggested. in december, he resisted calls for more restrictions at christmas, then changed his mind. and again here, he acted later than he might have. the question is what was the impact of doing that? by mid may, the opposition was making these accusations. they should ve put india on the red list at the same time as pakistan and as bangladesh. since then, we ve had this three week period in which thousands of people have returned from india, and that probably includes hundreds of new variant covid cases. and, as the case numbers in england increased, so did the criticism of what happened in april. injune, in june, george injune, george eaton of the new
confident they will get there. thank ou ve confident they will get there. thank you very much confident they will get there. thank you very much indeed, confident they will get there. thank you very much indeed, jennifer - you very much indeed, jennifer they re an awful lot to do. thank you jennifer, she hopes that podcast as well if you want to follow it. but they ve got an awful her to do but also worth pointing out they have nothing else to do because they are up there of course. we will see how they get on. much more about their efforts in the efforts of mesa and everyone else involved through the text section of the bbc news website. just go to the front page and click on the science tab. before we wrap up this edition i should mention that as you know since covid came along outside sources not been in the normal home looking down on that balcony over the bbc news room, from next week we will be going back there which we are very excited about. having a brand new way of tellin
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