“It’s a disaster,” Johnson said. “It was a complete nightmare for our country and it suffered a strong shock,” added the prime minister, who became infected with coronavirus himself and spent several days in the intensive care unit due to complications.
According to him, the government owes those who died or suffered because of covid-19 to find out “what and when was done wrong.” But the right time for that has not yet come, he added. In Britain, the covidu-19 pandemic hit Europe the hardest in absolute terms. To date, more than 312,000 people have been infected with coronavirus and more than 43,000 have died. In terms of casualties to population, Britain is the fourth worst affected country in the world after San Marino, Belgium and Andorra, according to the website Worldometers.
The British government will strengthen investment plans
After weeks of quarantine, different parts of the country are gradually releasing measures taken against the spread of the disease. The Conservative prime minister also said on Monday that his government would strengthen investment plans and continue to help individuals and companies.
“This is the moment for the Roosevelt approach in Britain,” he said, referring to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program, which included a number of public projects that helped people get jobs. This series of state measures has helped the US economy recover from the Great Depression.
Johnson’s government has already promised to invest over 130 billion pounds (3.8 trillion crowns) in saving the British economy. This is happening in a situation where economists expect twice the number of unemployed in the third quarter compared to the current situation, and when in April the British economy fell by a record 20.4 percent compared to the previous month.
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