coronavirus. The Home Affairs committee, made up of a group of MPs, said that ministers had underestimated the threat of importing the virus from Europe as opposed to Asia where the virus is believed to have started.It adds that allowing millions of people to enter the UK from growing Covid-19 hotspots could have lead to tens of thousands of infections in March.But the government says that the Home Affairs select committee are "incorrect in their assertions".The report found that if stricter rules had been put in place during the spring, fewer infections would have entered the UK - which is now among the worst affected by the virus.In its report, the committee also referenced a study which indicated more than 1,300 separate strains of the.