LONDON (NYTIMES) - As Britain closes in on 100,000 reported cases of the coronavirus - a solemn milestone in a contagion that has ravaged its political leadership - a raft of new statistics suggests that the government is undercounting the human, and economic, cost of the epidemic.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - As Britain closes in on 100,000 reported cases of the coronavirus - a solemn milestone in a contagion that has ravaged its political leadership - a raft of new statistics suggests that the government is undercounting the human, and economic, cost of the epidemic.
At the same time, the Office for Budget Responsibility, a fiscal watchdog group, said the lockdown could shrink Britain's economy by 35 per cent in the second quarter and throw 2 million people out of work - a prediction even worse than the government's darkest warnings. As in the United States and other countries, nursing homes in Britain have become hot zones for the virus. Two major operators have reported 521 deaths in their homes in recent weeks, many of which have not yet been reflected in the official statistics because of a lag in recording the deaths.
It estimated that 90.2 per cent of deaths from the virus occurred in hospitals, while the rest occurred in nursing homes, hospices, or at home. The statistics do not include Scotland or Northern Ireland.
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