
UK ‘dangerously over reliant’ on China for medical supplies despite Prime Minister's 2020 pledge: report
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2020 pledged that he would reduce the U.K.'s dependence on Chinese medical supplies, but the U.K. has done the opposite.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street as he makes his way to the House of Commons, in London, on Monday. (AP/Alberto Pezzali) A pedestrian passes a COVID testing facility that has been set up at St.George's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. The NHS is expected to come under increasing pressure over the next few weeks from the Omicrom virus variant. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) A pedestrian passes portraits of National Health Service (NHS) workers on hoardings outside a temporary structure, to be used a so-called Nightingale care hub, in the grounds of St. George's Hospital in London, U.K., on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. The U.K. sent 200 armed forces personnel into hospitals in London to help relieve staff shortages due to a surge in the omicron Covid-19 variant. (Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
British think tank Civitas analyzed materials used by the NHS and found that Britain has sourced 17% of its most critical materials from China, triple the number from before the pandemic, and the NHS continues to heavily rely on Chinese goods for the "Disaster Relief List."