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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Peter HUTCHISON

UK Report Finds Cover-up Of Decades-long Infected Blood Scandal

The findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry are expected to lead to billions of pounds of compensation (Credit: AFP)

A decades-long UK scandal in which thousands of people died after being treated with infected blood was covered up and largely could have been avoided, according to a bombshell report published Monday.

More than 30,000 people were infected with viruses such as HIV and hepatitis after being given contaminated blood in Britain between the 1970s and early 1990s, the Infected Blood Inquiry concluded.

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