Boris Johnson attacked for ‘not reading’ damning study predicting 120k winter COVID-19 deaths

Boris Johnson has refused to say whether he read a major report forecasting a worst-case scenario of 120,000 coronavirus deaths between September and June. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked Johnson at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) if he read the Academy of Medical Sciences report, which was commissioned by the government’s own chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance. The PM didn’t answer. Johnson only said “I am of course aware of the report” and that the government is “taking every reasonable step to prepare this country for a second spike”. Credit: Parliamentlive.tv