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Boris Johnson: 'Things could have been done differently' in early months of pandemic

Guardian, 25 Jul 2020
The prime minister conceded the government did not understand coronavirus in the first few weeks and months of the outbreak in England. Johnson admits there were things the government could have done differently in its handling of the crisis.
In an interview with the BBC a year since he took office, the PM said there were 'lessons to be learned' about how the virus was managed and said he took full responsibility for the government's decisions
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