The UK Covid-19 Inquiry holds its first public hearing on Tuesday, starting an investigation scheduled to last at least until 2026 and expected to cost well over £100mn.
Its chair, Baroness Heather Hallett, intends to listen to evidence on almost every aspect of a pandemic that has killed 227,000 people in Britain and infected many millions more, from preparedness and government decision-making to the impact on care homes and the health service.
As well as learning lessons for handling future pandemics, Hallett has made clear she intends the inquiry to “commemorate the hardship and loss that so many people in the UK suffered”.
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