‘This is a major breakthrough, no question about it’ – Lancet’s Richard Horton on steroid used to treat Covid patients

The official number of UK deaths went up by 233 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people who’ve died to just under 42,000.

We talk to Richard Horton, who’s been editor of the Lancet medical journal for 25 years and has just written a book titled ‘The Covid-19 Catastrophe – What’s Gone Wrong and How to Stop it Happening Again’.