Australia’s Chief Medical Officer has claimed the UK’s approach to coronavirus has caused “carnage”.

In yet another example of the UK showing the world how not to act, Professor Brendan Murphy said our decision to impose a relatively late lockdown had led to chaos.

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“If you go hard late, as the UK has done, you can just see what carnage you suffer on the way through,” Professor Murphy told a New Zealand parliamentary inquiry into the government response to COVID-19.

Murphy added that he’s “not convinced” that it will be possible for social distancing measures to be fully relaxed before a vaccine is developed.

“It’s hard for me to envisage reopening nightclubs and big music festivals in the foreseeable future,” he said.

Despite seeing the devastation caused by coronavirus in countries like Italy and Spain, the UK government held off imposing an early lockdown – allegedly believing that people wouldn’t follow the rules.

As a result, over the weekend the UK logged over 1000 coronavirus deaths in a single day – surpassing the maximum daily number of deaths seen in Italy.

Yesterday, a leading UK infectious diseases expert tweeted to say the government had cost thousands of lives by ignoring scientific advice.

We need to know who allowed this to happen.

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