Images of victims of the contaminated blood scandal are displayed during a vigil to remember those that lost their lives, ahead of the release of final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry on Monday,

Britain’s government is expected to apologize as an inquiry is expected to publish a final report into the U.K.’s infected blood scandal

The British government "did not put patient safety first" while covering up a multi-decade tainted blood scandal, leading to thousands of related deaths, a report published Monday found.

An inquiry has found that British authorities and health officials exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and products.

British authorities and the country's public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades,

In the 1970s and 1980s, more than 30,000 people received infected blood and blood products from Britain's National Health Service.