Public inquiry examines how Britain handled the pandemic

The World

Was Britain’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic appropriate? Did Brexit damage the UK’s ability to handle it? These are some of the questions being asked at an official public inquiry which opened in London this week. More than 220,000 people died from COVID-19-related illnesses in the UK. But the initiative is already facing some challenges as The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports

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