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Mr Sunak described the release of the report as a “day of shame for the British state” and vowed to pay “comprehensive compensation” to those affected and infected by the scandal. “Whatever it costs to deliver this scheme, we will pay it,” he told the House of Commons on Monday. He said Cabinet Office minister John Glen would set out the details of compensation on Tuesday. Members of the infected blood community said that they expected the government to set out how much compensation would be paid, simplified into a few categories. This is likely to come under five main…

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Two main groups of people were caught up in the scandal.One was people with haemophilia, and those with similar disorders, who have a rare genetic condition which means their blood does not clot properly.In the 1970s, a new treatment was developed to replace the missing clotting agents, made from donated human blood plasma.The second group affected include people who had a blood transfusion after childbirth, accidents and during medical treatment.Blood used for these patients was not imported, but some of it was also contaminated, mainly with hepatitis C.Sir Brian’s two interim reports, published in July 2022 and April 2023, made…

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Two people have been killed and 10 others injured in a knife attack at a primary school in China’s southern Jiangxi province, police said.It was not immediately clear if children were among the casualties.The attack took place at about midday (04:00 GMT) at the school in Guixi city.Police said it was carried out by a 45-year-old woman, who used a fruit knife. She has since been controlled, police added in a statement on social media.It is unclear why the primary school – which in China teach children aged six to 12 – was targeted. China has seen a spate of…

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