UK Reports 6,500 CCP Virus-Related Prosecutions in First Six Months of Pandemic

Police officers make an arrest during a protest of a CCP virus-related lockdown outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Jan. 6, 2021. Tolga Akmen / AFP via Getty Images

Almost 6,500 offences related to the CCP virus were prosecuted in the UK in the first six months of the pandemic, according to statistics published by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on Thursday.

Between Apr. 1 and Sept. 30 last year, 2,106 defendants were prosecuted for 6,469 CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus-related offences, with a conviction rate of 90 percent.