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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jemma Crew

Bereaved criticise axing of free testing as UK Covid death toll passes 200,000

PA Wire

A man who lost his grandmother to coronavirus has said free testing and other measures should never have been axed, as he reflected on the “absolutely heart-rending and tragic” milestone of 200,000 deaths of people with the virus in the UK.

Amos Waldman, a member of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group, said he feels grief, upset and anger at the UK death toll and that the public inquiry into the pandemic must start “as soon as possible”.

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