"The government made mistakes": former prime minister Boris Johnson apologized to the families of Covid victims at a hearing
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Former prime minister Boris Johnson apologized for the government's mistakes in the fight against COVID-19 during the investigation, admitting to underestimating the crisis. He expressed regret over the death toll from the pandemic in the UK.
British the former prime minister in the committee on investigation of coronavirus expressed regret about deaths in the country caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and also noted that his government allowed errors. This is reported by UNN with reference to the Washington Post.
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Giving evidence under oath during a public investigation into COVID-19 in Velika In Britain, Johnson admitted that his government "underestimated the scale and speed." call", when in early 2020 reports began to arrive from China about a new virus. The former prime minister noted that " we should have understood earlier", what serious consequences the pandemic will have.
there is no doubt that mistakes were made
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The publication recalls, what former Health Secretary Matt Hancock said last week the investigation that he tried to raise the alarm in the government, saying that thousands of lives could be saved by imposing a quarantine in the country for several weeks. earlier than the end date of March 23, 2020.
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In United The kingdom introduced one of the longest and strictest lockdowns in the world Europe, as well as one of the highest mortality rates on the continent from COVID-19: the virus has caused more than 232,000 deaths.
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Johnson's policies
Boris's actions Johnson was criticized for the coronavirus. Among other things, it is said that he asked if it was possible to kill the virus by blowing a hair dryer in your nose; Johnson also allegedly said to a civil servant that he would rather see a lot of people die than gives an order for a second lockdown. It was also quite well known that the politician participated in parties of civil servants during strict restrictions contacts, including the supply of alcoholic beverages.
as a result under unprecedented pressure from the government, Boris Johnson left office in 2022 the premiere of the United Kingdom, and later, amid a scandal about parties during the lockdown, - left the post of member of the British Parliament.
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