The Government will set up an inquiry into the NHS contaminated blood scandal, Downing Street has announced.
A spokesperson for Theresa May said she and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt had announced the probe to ministers in this morning's Cabinet meeting.
Mr Hunt said 2,400 people died in the 1970s and 1980s after being given tainted blood infected with hepatitis and HIV.
The blood was given to 4,670 haemophiliacs, with the American-produced plasma product Factor VIII thought to have played a significant role in spreading the viruses.
The Government will now consult on what specific format the inquiry will take.
The PM's spokesperson said the inquiry could be judge-led, a Hillsborough-style independent panel, or another format.
"It is a tragedy that has caused immeasurable hardship and pain for all those affected and a full inquiry to establish the truth of what happened is the right course of action to take," he said.
"It is going to be a wide-ranging inquiry."
A parliamentary report published in 2015 by the All Party Parliamentary Group into haemophilia found that 7,500 patients were infected with the imported blood products.
Factor VIII was used to treat people with haemophilia because it helped their blood clot.
It was later discovered that much of the blood used to create the product was taken from American prisoners who were paid for their blood.
