That was Banda Aceh in Indonesia, the third country in three weeks where I'd interviewed survivors, medics and refugees. And it was a solid lesson in why official death tolls aren't worth the arse they're covering. They've recently been added to by those who had Covid-19 mentioned on their death certificates, and those who died after testing positive in care homes. But yesterday, they were reason for Boris Johnson to nevertheless announce in sombre tones that we have "passed the peak". What little of the numbers we can rely on seems to show we have not passed the peak in care homes.

Source: Daily Mirror May 01, 2020 12:33 UTC