Hearings at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry have been suspended until 11 January next year, after a member of the Inquiry team tested positive for covid-19.
Announcing the news at the end of yesterday’s (10 December) hearing, Inquiry chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick said: “I’m sorry to have to tell everyone that we learned earlier on today that one of the members of the Inquiry team has been tested positive for covid-19, and, as a result, a number of members of the Inquiry team and support staff are going to have to go into self-isolation for a couple of weeks.”
Moore-Bick said the reduction in staff numbers and support staff made it impossible for the Inquiry to continue.
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