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Daily Mirror
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Conor Gogarty

Son said goodbye to dad on phone as he died of Covid while Downing Street 'partied'

A neuroscientist who spoke his last words to his Covid-ridden father over the phone while he was in hospital has called the reports of multiple Downing St parties over this time “disgusting”.

Dr Dean Burnett, a Cardiff local, spoke his last words to his father Peter over the phone, as lockdown had meant he was unable to visit the 58-year-old during the two weeks or so that he was in hospital.

Peter died as a result of Covid-19 on April 20, 2020.

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