YESTERDAY the UK earned the grim title of having the highest coronavirus death toll in Europe – overtaking Italy, which was previously the worst affected country in the world.
It’s a shocking figure – 32,000 people have died with Covid-19 – and questions need to be asked. Why is the death toll so high? Why are people entering the UK and not being asked to quarantine? What is going on with testing? What is going on with the PPE stocks? Could more of those 32,000 people have been saved?
But those questions aren’t being asked by the UK’s mainstream media.
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This morning newspaper front pages are focused on the scandalous news that top scientific adviser professor Neil Ferguson, whose work was integral in the UK’s decision to enter lockdown, broke the rules to visit his married lover.
Many of the UK papers didn’t manage to squeeze in a graphic informing their readers of the UK’s new position as the worst affected European country in terms of deaths.
Here’s how those front pages look today.
UK EDITIONS
THE SUN
DAILY MAIL
The Daily Telegraph
METRO
THE TIMES
INDEPENDENT
The Guardian, The I and the Daily Mirror all featured the story on their front page.
SCOTTISH EDITIONS
In Scotland, the focus was primarily on the Scottish Government's newly published plans for leaving lockdown in the weeks ahead, in particular what those plans might mean for schools.
However the "highest death toll in Europe" figure did not appear on the front of these newspapers either.
DAILY RECORD
THE SCOTSMAN
THE SCOTTISH SUN
THE I
(The I's UK edition led on the highest death toll in Europe story.)
THE HERALD
Meanwhile, here's The National's front page from today.
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