Saving lives, is it? How about that death rate?

THE Duke of Edinburgh is ‘slightly improving’ but ‘hurts at moments’, the Duchess of Cornwall said yesterday. Philip, 99, is having tests for a heart condition and infection. He was moved to St Bartholomew’s in London on Monday after being admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital on February 16.

I’ve read some funny views before but John (MetroTalk, Wed) thinks the government should be applauded for ‘saving lives’. What planet do some people live on?

Simon, Luton

John asks why the media keeps publishing Labour’s sniping at the government when it should instead be thanked for saving so many lives.

Perhaps John has lost sight of the fact that Britain’s death toll from Covid is one of the highest in the world and that this happened because of the government’s lack of pandemic preparedness, border control issues, the timing of the introduction of measures to combat the disease (eg the first lockdown) and many other issues, from PPE to test, track and trace. The role of opposition parties is to hold government to account.

Yes, the vaccine rollout has been a success and is saving many lives. But questions have to be asked about the government’s overall handling of the pandemic, which will be the role of any future enquiry.

Alan Jensen, West Hampstead

Our medical records, including treatments we’ve had, are private so any bar or venue does not have the right to see if you have been

POLICE investigating a knife rampage in Sweden, that left eight people injured, were last night treating it as a possible ‘terror crime’. The attack in the southern town of Vetlanda left several people hurt and one suspect was in custody, police confirmed. They said the situation was under control and nothing pointed to any accomplices. In April 2017, five people died when a radical Islamist drove a truck into a crowd of shoppers in Stockholm.