Bereaved families and experts stress that lessons should be ‘learned quickly’ before a potential third wave

Boris Johnson has come under fire from experts and bereaved families for delaying until spring 2022 the newly-announced public inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Work will now begin to appoint a chair and other potential panellists, and draw up terms of reference, with some hopeful that the inquiry will be led by a judge. The probe is likely to start in a year’s time, Johnson told the House of Commons.

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