British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied the accusation of playing down the victims of the CoV pandemic. „No,“ said Johnson today during a visit to Wrexham, Welsh, when a reporter asked whether he had made the disrespectful comment.
He added, „But, again, I think the most important thing is that the people want us to go ahead and, as a government, make lockdowns work, and they do, and I really have respect for the people of this country, our whole country that they have pulled themselves together. “
In an internal discussion about the third CoV lockdown, which Johnson absolutely wanted to prevent at the beginning of winter, the prime minister is said to have said, according to media reports, that he would rather „pile corpses“ than impose another lockdown.
Initially, the „Daily Mail“ reported on it, citing sources from government circles. But among others the BBC later followed suit, citing its own sources. Johnson said the sentence, the broadcaster reported – even after Johnson’s official denial.
