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# uk covid inquiry

Last month
November 2023
Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid live on TV to show ‘it didn’t pose a threat’
The then-prime minister later said he would rather “let the bodies pile high” than impose a second lockdown, a top aide told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
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Nov 8th 2023, 7:23 AM
Boris Johnson asked top scientists if a 'special hair dryer' could kill Covid-19
Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
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Nov 1st 2023, 6:09 PM
This year
2023
Boris Johnson suggested Covid was nature dealing with elderly, UK inquiry hears
The former Prime Minister is accused of failing to deal with the crisis and downplaying the pandemic.
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Oct 31st 2023, 9:39 PM
Boris Johnson suggested 'Covid was nature’s way of dealing with old people', UK inquiry hears
Former UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance hit out in his diaries about ‘quite a bonkers set of exchanges’ featuring the ex-prime minister.
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Oct 31st 2023, 1:29 PM
Tech experts recover messages from Boris Johnson's old phone wanted by Covid inquiry
The former UK prime minister had reportedly forgotten the passcode to the device.
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Jul 22nd 2023, 7:54 AM
Boris Johnson ‘can’t remember passcode’ to old phone wanted by Covid inquiry for WhatsApps
Messages from Johnson’s old device relating to the early pandemic response have still not been handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
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Jul 13th 2023, 5:48 PM