The Prime Minister has announced the launch of the coronavirus public inquiry looking at the preparations and the response to the pandemic across the country. It comes after bereaved families warned they could take legal action against the Government over delays.
Boris Johnson said in a statement on Tuesday: "The UK inquiry into Covid-19 is now formally established and able to begin its important work. The Inquiry will examine, consider and report on preparations and the response to the pandemic in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, up to and including the Inquiry's formal setting-up date, June 28, 2022."
Mr Johnson appointed Baroness Hallett to chair the probe in December 2021 and previously said the inquiry would start in spring this year. But the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group threatened to bring a judicial review over the failure to provide a setting up date for the inquiry into the Government's handling of the pandemic, Wales Online reports.
