Keir Starmer welcome the inquiry but urged the Prime Minister to engage with campaigners who have lost relatives - who he has so far refused to meet. Here’s everything we know so far about the Covid-19 inquiry - who will lead it, when it will take place - and what it will look into. BordersAustralia, New Zealand, China and other nations that heavily suppressed their death tolls included stringent border protections among their public health measures. There was a split in the Cabinet, with Home Secretary Priti Patel having said she advocated closing the UK's borders in March, but was apparently overruled, as the balance between public health and the economy was weighed up. Test and traceThe tracing of close contacts of confirmed cases was halted in mid-March as the infection rates easily raced past Public Health England's capability.

Source: Daily Mirror May 12, 2021 20:01 UTC