It's killed almost twice as many people as the Nazi German air raids, known as the Blitz Co.

Vid 19 related deaths in the UK have now officially passed.

100,000 people are asking why When the novel Coronavirus silently slid across the United Kingdom back in March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson initially said it could be sent packing in a matter of weeks.

Fast forward 10 months later on the country is in its third lock down on hospitals are being compared toa war zones.

The UK has the highest death toll in Europe, on the fifth highest in the world.

In a Siris of investigations, Reuters has previously reported how the British government made several errors.

It was slow to spot the infections arriving and it was too late with a lock down.

People were also discharged from hospital into care homes when they were infected, spreading the disease further onto the most vulnerable.

Some scientific advisers say Britain did take the right measures, but just too late.

From this evening, I must give the British people a very simple instruction.

You must stay at home.

Johnson told people they must stay at home on March 23rd, after Italy, France and Spain and studies have since said that locking down even a week earlier could have slashed the initial death toll.

Even when lockdowns were called, the government's enforcement strategy was questioned.

Tougher measures for rule breakers were introduced retroactively on the end of lockdowns meant the end of social distancing for some with headlines of massive crowds and a complete lack of enforcement in places like beaches or street corners.

A delay in enforcing mask wearing AH highly criticized test and trace app on ultimately a new variant during the second wave were all contributing factors.

Johnson has resisted calls for an inquiry into the handling of the crisis made by some doctors and bereaved families.

They accuse him of reacting too slowly, failing to supply sufficient protective equipment on bungling the testing system.