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United Kingdom s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 100,000
Workers dig graves at a cemetery, amid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, in London, Britain, January 11,more Reuters / 2021年 1月 11日 Monday Workers dig graves at a cemetery, amid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, in London, Britain, January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville Close 1 / 48
A nurse attends to a patient on a COVID-19 ward at Milton Keynes University Hospital in Milton Keynes, Britainmore Reuters / 2021年 1月 21日 Thursday A nurse attends to a patient on a COVID-19 ward at Milton Keynes University Hospital in Milton Keynes, Britain, Janu
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Anger and grief as UK’s Covid-19 death toll nears 100,000
Workers dig graves at a cemetery, amid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, in London, Britain, on January 11, 2021. Photo: Reuters/ Toby Melville Reuters, London Reuters, London
As the United Kingdom s Covid-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson s handling of the worst public health crisis in a century.
When the novel coronavirus, which first emerged in China in 2019, slid silently across the United Kingdom in March, Johnson initially said he was confident it could be sent packing in weeks.
But 98,531 deaths later, the United Kingdom has the world s fifth worst official death toll - more than its civilian toll in World War Two and twice the number killed in the 1940-41 Blitz bombing campaign, although the total population was lower then.