Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government "didn't have the systems to control the virus" and he didn't know what other tools he had other than lockdown in order to protect "large numbers of people".
Johnson was speaking at the covid inquiry where he is continuing to give evidence in relation to his tenure as prime minister during the pandemic.
Report by Kennedyl.
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