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The Prime Minister is giving an update on the latest coronavirus changes and lockdown plans
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is giving a statement on coronavirus in the House of Commons.
Mr Johnson will update MPs on lockdown, vaccination and plans for the roadmap in England.
Mr Johnson is speaking in Parliament after a live briefing on Monday when he told the UK that England s lockdown lifting plans will continue on May 17.
He will face MPs today to make a fresh statement on the status of Covid in the UK - amid fears new variants such as the one from India could derail lockdown lifting plans.
Daily Times
Experts say world could have prevented Covid catastrophe Global independent panel says a series of bad decisions meant Covid-19 went on to kill at least 3.3 million people so far In long-awaited final report, experts call on richest countries to donate a billion vaccine doses to the poorest to tackle current pandemic
GENEVA – The catastrophic scale of the Covid-19 pandemic could have been prevented, an independent global panel concluded on Wednesday, but a toxic cocktail of dithering and poor coordination meant the warning signs went unheeded.
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) said a series of bad decisions meant Covid-19 went on to kill at least 3.3 million people so far and devastate the global economy. Institutions failed to protect people and science-denying leaders eroded public trust in health interventions, the panel said in its long-awaited final report.
UNAIDS strongly welcomes the report and recommendations of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Amongst others, the panel calls for the establishment of a Global Health Threats Council with participation at the highest political level to coordinate global action against pandemics and secure agreement between governments in aligning efforts to tackle the