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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for missing five Cobra emergency cabinet meetings between January and February devoted to the coronavirus crisis. Cabinet Minister Michael Gove has had to come to the defense of Johnson - who is still recovering at Checkers' residence after his hospital stay - amid revelations by The Sunday Times about his late response to the epidemic.

New Labor leader Keir Starmer, who has so far granted the 'premier' a truce, has stepped up his attacks on Johnson for being "lost in combat" during the critical weeks to contain the epidemic. Former leader Jeremy Corbyn came to call him "the part-time prime minister" after his long absence from public life for more than ten days in February, culminating in the announcement of his engagement to Carrie Symonds and his impending fatherhood.

"Prime ministers do not regularly visit Cobra cabinets and the idea that (Johnson) skipped the critical meetings for our response to the coronavirus is grotesque," said Michael Gove on the BBC. "All governments make mistakes, including ours . We are trying to learn and improve every day."

Government sources revealed to The Sunday Times that Boris Johnson "does not work on weekends" and that he did not really have a sense of emergency until the epidemic hit him. The United Kingdom was in fact one of the last European countries to close schools and public shows and to order the "deadbolt", with strict measures of social distance, on March 23.

Four days later, Johnson himself acknowledged having tested positive for the coronavirus and was quarantined at 11 Downing Street. On April 2, he had to be admitted to the St. Thomas Hospital with breathing problems and persistent symptoms of coronavirus. A day later he entered the ICU and received oxygen assistance.

After a week he left the hospital, admitted that the doctors and nurses of the public health had saved his life and thanked the samples of support received. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has since taken the reins of government, amid growing concern over the power vacuum at the most critical moment of the epidemic.

With 16,060 deaths to date and 590 hospital victims in the last 24 hours (after several days exceeding 800 deaths daily), the United Kingdom is the European country most affected by the epidemic at the moment. Epidemiologists predict that it may even overtake Italy, Spain, and France in the coming weeks. Government experts however warn that hospital admissions are falling and that the curve may begin to flatten from this week.

The Government has decreed the extension of social distance measures for three more weeks and is considering a staggered plan to relax the measures on May 11, May 25 and June 15, including the possible reopening of schools and schools. Public shows.

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