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Boris Johnson defends virus record after ex-aide's attack

by Jill Lawless
| May 28, 2021 12:06 AM

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday rejected claims by his former chief aide that he botched Britain's coronavirus response and is unfit for office, denying an allegation his government oversaw tens of thousands of needless deaths.

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