LONDON—Britain’s government on April 25 defended the independence of the scientists advising it on the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus after it emerged that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief aide had attended the group’s meetings.
The government said April 27 that 20,319 people with COVID-19 have died in British hospitals, an increase of 813 from the death toll reported the day before. The figure doesn’t include deaths in nursing homes, which are likely to number in the thousands.
