British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged his mistakes in his government's handling of the Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic, in a television interview yesterday, on the occasion of the one year since he took office.
"Of course ... sometimes we judge things wrong and we learn all the time," Johnson told Sky News.
"You should learn from your mistakes as quickly as possible," the conservative prime minister said, predicting that the worst health crisis will end "by the middle of next year."
It is noteworthy that Britain is one of the countries most affected by the virus in Europe, while many experts expected a second wave of infections in the fall.
The Johnson government has come under fire for its handling of the Corona virus, which several experts have described as late and not in accordance with the correct rules.
It is worth noting, that the Prime Minister himself was hospitalized with HIV, but recovered.
But before his injury, he was proud to shake hands with the injured patients.
"We did not understand (the virus) the way we wanted to understand it in the first few weeks and months," Johnson said in an interview with the BBC.
He pointed out that the ability of the virus to spread without symptoms from person to person has been reduced.
On the other hand, a report by the British Public Health Authority said yesterday that those who are obese or overweight are at a greater risk of death or severe morbidity if they develop Covid-19 disease.
Johnson had pledged to tackle the obesity problem, and he himself has dumped some kilograms since he entered intensive care after suffering from Covid-19.
The Public Health Authority stated that the data showed that those who have a BMI between 30 and 35 increase the risk of death by "Covid-19" by 40%, while the percentage increased to 90% among those with a BMI above 40.