The session will open with a statement from the chair of the inquiry, former Justice Heather Hallett, followed by a short film that includes testimonies about the impact of the pandemic on people’s daily lives.
The day will also be full of opening statements by the lawyers involved.
Also on Tuesday, the specialists, epidemiologists Jamie Whitworth and Charlotte Hammer, will begin to be questioned.
Political leaders and members of government, past and present, should not be heard until later.
The poll has its YouTube channel and the tests will be broadcasted live.
Divided into six modules, the public hearings should only end in 2026, with interim reports expected from next year.
The inquiry will look at the UK’s preparedness for the pandemic, how the government has responded and whether “the level of loss was unavoidable or whether things could have been done better”.
Some of the contentious aspects under analysis should include decisions to impose confinement, the cost of maintaining the economy and jobs, the vaccination program, and spending on testing and protective equipment.
More than 200,000 people have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive for the Covid-19 virus, one of the highest numbers in Europe, and the decisions of the British government led by then Conservative Boris Johnson have been the subject of debate.
The investigation was launched in late 2021 by Boris Johnson, after pressure from the families of the victims.
In addition to the testimonies of government officials, health experts, scientists and political figures, hundreds of thousands of government documents, including emails and mobile phone messages, will be analyzed.
Earlier this month, the government filed an appeal against Heather Hallett’s order to turn over the letters in full.
The CEO wants to be able to delete some of the content before it is turned over, claiming some of it is personal and irrelevant to the investigation.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the countdown to these sessions, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned, on Friday, from membership in the British Parliament immediately, after he was informed that he would be punished for deceiving Parliament.
Johnson resigned after receiving the results of a parliamentary inquiry into misleading statements he made to Parliament, when he repeatedly claimed that all health restrictions in Downing Street were respected during the pandemic, a scandal that became known as ‘Partygate’, the Associated Press reported. Press Agency (AP) on Friday.
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