More than 28,000 convicted of Covid rule breaches in England and Wales

More than 28,000 convicted of Covid rule breaches in England and Wales More than 28,000 people in England and Wales have been convicted of breaches of Covid-19 regulations, despite the government’s insistence that it never intended to criminalise people for minor infractions during the pandemic.

The convictions are for Covid-related offences, such as attendance at gatherings during lockdowns or arriving at airports without the proper evidence of a coronavirus test. Almost 16,000 of the convictions – or 55% – involved people under 30. The Guardian

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• Covid Inquiry: Bereaved families received targeted abuse BBC News
• Bereaved families give heartbreaking evidence in Covid inquiry Channel 4 News
• People who died with Covid treated ‘like toxic waste’, families tell UK inquiry The Guardian
• Woman who lost her wife to hospital-acquired Covid tells inquiry of trauma The Independent
• Covid unpreparedness left doctors thinking 'they might die', inquiry told Pulse