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The Inquiry accepted evidence “that the mandatory lockdown should have been imposed one week earlier. Had a mandatory lockdown been imposed on or immediately after 16 March 2020, modelling has established that the number of deaths in England in the first wave up until 1 July 2020 would have been reduced by 48% – equating to approximately 23,000 fewer deaths.” Above: Bereaved families gather outside the UK COVID Inquiry on the day that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave evidence, December 6, 2023