Death rates since March 2020 are up by 3% in France, 5% in the UK and 17% in the US.
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The UK should have prepared to test and isolate more, the ex-health secretary tells the Covid inquiry.
Dame Sally Davies apologises to bereaved families and says the UK was poorly prepared for the pandemic.
England's former Chief Medical Officer says "how sorry I am" to those who lost loved ones in the pandemic.
David Cameron says "group think" meant government focused on flu pandemics, rather than other diseases.
The nation's health was declining and the NHS was struggling by 2020, the Covid inquiry hears.
Decisions were "finely balanced" and, with hindsight, might have been different, Fiona Scolding KC says.
The UK may not have been well prepared "at all", says the lead lawyer for the Covid inquiry.
Know the signs and what to do if someone is unwell in hot weather.
Chris Mason asks Rishi Sunak if he has something to hide from Covid inquiry in pandemic messages.
