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BBC, 06 Mar 2021
It's one year since the first recorded Covid death in the United Kingdom, a total of 124,261 have died. Why was the UK so exposed to Covid-19? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

How did we reach such a high death toll and what can be done to safeguard the future?

Newsnight's Health Correspondent Deb Cohen reports.

Kirsty Wark is joined by shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth, former chief of staff to Theresa May Gavin Barwell, chair of the British Medical Association council Chaan Nagpaul, activist Shola Mos-Shogbamimu and social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam.

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