Lack of testing means we will never know true coronavirus death toll, Sage professor says

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Lack of testing means we will never know true coronavirus death toll, Sage professor says
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The UK was 'operating in the dark for so long' at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, says Sir David Spiegelhalter

Britain will never know how many people died from coronavirus because there was not enough testing from the outset, a professor who sits on the Government’s Sage advisory board has said.

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