The Latest: Red Cross says virus cases exploding in Asia
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1of3A Bangladeshi man receives a vaccine for COVID-19 at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 8, 2021. India s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts warn of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up its vaccination drive, and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected.Mahmud Hossain Opu/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3A man wearing personal protective equipment prays in front of the burning funeral pyre of his father who died of COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 11, 2021.Amit Sharma/APShow MoreShow Less
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May 12, 2021 By The Associated Press
LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a public inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic will be held next year.
He told lawmakers Wednesday the inquiry will have wide-ranging statutory powers and the government has a responsibility to learn lessons from the pandemic. Johnson says the inquiry will begin its work next spring.
Families of those who have died during the pandemic have been asking Johnson to call an inquiry since last summer, but the prime minister consistently said the time wasn’t right.
The U.K. has recorded Europe’s highest coronavirus-related death toll, with more than 127,500 people dead. It’s the fifth-highest total in the world.
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The Latest: Red Cross says virus cases exploding in Asia
A Bangladeshi man receives a vaccine for COVID-19 at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 8, 2021. India s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts warn of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up its vaccination drive, and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
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A man wearing personal protective equipment prays in front of the burning funeral pyre of his father who died of COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Amit Sharma - stringer, AP
A Bangladeshi man receives a vaccine for COVID-19 at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 8, 2021. India s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts warn of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up its vaccination drive, and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected.
Mahmud Hossain Opu - stringer, AP