Govt's slow reaction means UK will likely have highest Covid-19 death toll in Europe, leading doctor warns

Professor Anthony Costello told a committee of British politicians that the ‘harsh reality’ is that ‘we were too slow with a number of things’.

Britain will face “further waves” of coronavirus and will probably have the highest death rate in Europe because the British Government was “too slow” to act, a leading physician has warned.

Professor Anthony Costello, of University College London’s Institute for Global Health, told a committee of MPs that the “harsh reality” is that “we were too slow with a number of things”.