More than 50,000 people in the UK have died from Covid-19 according to new data,

The grim landmark comes as governments across the UK are forced to defend their handling of the crisis.

In the Scottish Parliament, both the Scottish Conservative and Scottish Labour leader challenged the First Minister about the country's testing regime.


Jackson Carlaw accused Nicola Sturgeon's government of ignoring WHO advice to "test, test, test" and instead employing a strategy of "dither, delay and distract" tactics.

Nicola Sturgeon said she took full responsibility for the government's handling of the crisis, and said the testing regime was being rolled out for care home staff.

In the UK Parliament, Boris Johnson took questions from opposition politicians including Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.






