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A study by Public Health Scotland found no link between BAME groups and COVID-19. [68] A second Public Health England study found that those with a Bangladeshi heritage were dying at twice the rate of white Britons. Other BAME groups had between 10% and 50% higher risk of death from COVID-19. [69] [70] [71]
Construction workers became eligible for targeted COVID-19 testing on 28 April. [45] On 10 May, Boris Johnson said construction workers should be "actively encouraged" to return to sites in England and Wales, but the Scottish Government said non-essential construction sites should remain closed. [46]
For even more international statistics in table, graph, and map form see COVID-19 pandemic by country. COVID-19 pandemic is the worst-ever worldwide calamity experienced on a large scale (with an estimated 7 million deaths) in the 21st century. The COVID-19 death toll is the highest seen on a global scale since the Spanish flu and World War II.
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For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [10] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [9] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.
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The UK COVID-19 Inquiry hears that Boris Johnson proposed injecting himself with COVID-19 on live television during the early days of the pandemic to prove it did not pose a threat to the public. Lord Lister, a former adviser at 10 Downing Street, describes the suggestion as "unfortunate" and "made in the heat of the moment". [216]
5 March – The first death from coronavirus in the UK is confirmed, [9] as the number of cases exceeds 100, with a total of 115 having tested positive. England's Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, tells MPs that the UK has now moved to the second stage of dealing with COVID-19 – from "containment" to the "delay" phase.