UK papers accept mistake in accusing Pakistan for imported COVID-19 cases
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Articles had called for “tougher quarantine checks on arrivals from high-risk countries”, such as Pakistan
IPSO finds headlines gave strong and misleading impression that Britain’s imported coronavirus cases originated from Pakistan
LONDON: Five months after sensationally reporting that Pakistan was the origin of and responsible for half of Britain’s imported coronavirus cases, two influential UK newspapers have accepted that they published misleading and false headlines.
A story was first published on July 26 by
The Telegraph newspaper with the headlines: “Exclusive: Half of Britain’s imported conronavrius cases originate from Pakistan”.