Article 59TCS Covid: how chilling projections prompted Johnson to lockdown

Covid: how chilling projections prompted Johnson to lockdown

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Heather Stewart Political editor
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Opposition of Sunak melted away during quad meeting and PM sided with Gove and Hancock

Morgues in converted ice rinks, security guards outside overwhelmed hospitals to turn patients away, even municipal mass graves.

When Boris Johnson's quad" of senior ministers met on Friday, they were presented with a chilling prognosis of what would happen if they failed to take draconian action.

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