Top Aide to Boris Johnson Pushed Scientists to Back a Lockdown.

JOHNSON, Boris, 1964-; SCIENTISTS; COVID-19 pandemic; AVIAN influenza; SHEEP diseases; FOOT & mouth disease

(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson's most powerful political aide pressed the U.K.'s independent scientific advisers to recommend lockdown measures in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, according to people familiar with the matter. The Week Coronavirus Got Away From Boris Johnson's Government Powerful Aide Cummings has been a hugely controversial figure at the heart of the government ever since he was appointed to be Johnson's chief adviser last July. [Extracted from the article]

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