A man whose grandmother died with coronavirus has said free testing and other measures should never have been stopped. Amos Waldman, a member of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group, made the comment as he reflected on the "absolutely heart-rending and tragic" milestone of 200,000 deaths of people with the virus in the UK.
Mr Waldman 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". It is "just absolutely shocking to see that the same mistakes really have been repeated throughout, and so far the Government is completely unable to learn any lessons", he said.
A total of 200,247 people in the UK have had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate since the pandemic began, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). One of these is Mr Waldman's grandmother, Sheila Lamb, 94, who moved into a care home in March 2020 and died with coronavirus just weeks later on April 2.
