0h 7min, mar 5, 2026 y - Covid Inquiry Final Day

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The chair of the UK public inquiry into Covid 19 has defended the cost and length of the process on the last day of hearings.

Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was "an extraordinary achievement" but critics have questioned the cost and the duration of the inquiry.

Costing just over £200m, it looked at the response to the pandemic in all four UK nations, opening formally in 2022 with witness hearings starting in June 2023.

Baroness Hallett said when people see the results of the inquiry's work, they will appreciate why it was set up.

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