direct to your inbox Boris Johnson today said he was 'deeply sorry' and 'will learn lessons' after the UK passed a 'grim statistic' of 100,000 coronavirus deaths.
The Prime Minister said it was 'hard to compute the sorrow' contained in the death toll, but that once the country was on the 'path to recovery', the government would learn lessons and reflect on the pandemic.He added that he would take full responsibility for the government's actions throughout the pandemic but that they had 'done everything they could'.
Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, Mr Johnson said: "I’m sorry to have to tell you that today the number of deaths recorded from Covid in the UK has surpassed 100,000. “It’s hard to compute the sorrow contained in.