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Coronvirus: Expert used by Boris Johnson to avoid international comparisons tells him to stop

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An expert namechecked by Boris Johnson to avoid making international comparisons of coronavirus deaths has told him to stop.

The Prime Minister and other ministers have repeatedly cited an article by Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter as saying they shouldn't make international comparisons.

But the author of the article says he's been misinterpreted, and "of course" we should use other countries to work out why our death figures are so high.

Asked by Keir Starmer why the UK's growing death figures, which today passed 30,000, were so grim compared to other countries, the PM said international comparisons shouldn't be drawn yet.

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