British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed allegations from Dominic Cummings, his former chief aide, that government failures had caused tens of thousands of unnecessary coronavirus deaths.
But Johnson on Thursday denied that government incompetence and mismanagement had caused avoidable deaths, insisting instead that officials had been “governed by a determination to protect life” and shield the UK’s National Health Service from becoming overwhelmed.
“Of course this has been an incredibly difficult series of decisions, none of which we’ve taken lightly,” he said. “We’ve followed, to the best we can, the data and guidance that we’ve had.”
With just over 128,000 deaths, the United Kingdom has the world’s fifth-highest official COVID-19 toll, far higher than the government’s initial worst-case estimates of 20,000.
Credit: aljazeera.com
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