Economics

Pandemic’s ‘Eye-Watering’ Costs Will Linger, U.K. Lawmakers Say

  • Lifetime costs from Covid-19 estimated at 372 billion pounds
  • Greater risks created by the U.K.’s rapid decision-making
Ambulance Service vehicles outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL London.

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British taxpayers will be paying an “eye-watering” price for the coronavirus long after the pandemic is over, according to a pair of reports released Sunday by a bipartisan panel of MPs.