UK PM Sunak reportedly said 'just let people die', COVID inquiry hears

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should "just let people die" during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Britain's Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey visit the Jobcentre Plus to see the new support being provided in job centres by the doubling of work coaches, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Barking, London, Britain July 16, 2020. Anthony Upton/Pool via REUTERS/File photo

FILE PHOTO: British Government Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Downing Street, London, Britain, January 4, 2022. Jack Hill/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on as he delivers a speech at a college in north London, Britian November 20, 2023. DANIEL LEAL/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak visits the pathology labs at Leeds General Infirmary, to show how yesterday's budget is supporting those affected by coronavirus (COVID-19), in Leeds, Britain March 12, 2020. Danny Lawson/Pool via REUTERS/File photo