Boris Johnson will make a surprise Commons statement regarding Covid-19 on Wednesday afternoon, it has been announced.The Prime Minister's statement will replace one scheduled to have been made by Health Secretary Matt Hancock at around 1:15pm.The announcement comes after the UK reached 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths — more Brits killed than by the Great Plague, the AIDS pandemic, the Blitz and all terror attacks and wars since 1945 combined.
Britain passed the grim milestone on January 7, the Office for National Statistics confirmed on Tuesday. Mr Johnson said he was "deeply sorry" for the shocking death toll — one of the highest in the world — but insisted his government "did everything we could" to limit the virus' damage. "The years.