British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would have been keen to inject himself with the novel coronavirus as he was so sceptical COVID-19 was a menace, his former prime aide Dominic Cummings advised parliament on Wednesday.
Cummings mentioned that officers anxious Johnson wouldn’t have been constructive in planning for the severity of the pandemic had he chaired emergency “COBR” meetings.
“The view of various officials inside Number 10 was, if we have Prime Minister chairing COBR meetings and he just tells everyone this is swine flu, don’t worry about it and I’m going to get (Chief Medical Officer) Chris Whitty to inject me live on TV with coronavirus … that would not help,” Cummings advised lawmakers.
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