Boris Johnson Said 'People Will Die Anyway Soon', Covid Inquiry Hears

!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb","mediaId":"594bfaa8-d4d8-4c8d-93f1-ace64a8bf3d4"}).render("653ff8ebe4b0a78a26a44ffe");});Boris Johnson was likely to have asked why “destroy” the economy with lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic when people “will die anyway soon”, a one-time aide of the former prime minister has told the public inquiry into the UK’s handling of the outbreak.The claim emerged when Imran Shafi, Johnson’s former private secretary, was on Monday questioned about his handwritten