Boris Johnson faced criticism over slow decisions throughout the pandemic after it emerged he overruled Priti Patel’s call in March to close Britain’s borders.
The Home Secretary has admitted that the UK should have acted sooner last year to protect the country from new cases of coronavirus arriving.
Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance also claimed he had been “pushing continuously” to go earlier and harder with restrictions to get on top of the virus.
In what many will interpret as a criticism of the Government, he added: “Waiting and watching simply doesn’t work”. It came as: A further 1,820 people died from coronavirus in the UK today making it the deadliest day of the pandemic yet.