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Boris Johnson's decision to back his own top aide who broke lockdown rules means 'more people will die' from the coronavirus, according to one of his own scientific advisers

Chief Advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings arrives home on May 24, 2020 in London, England.Boris Johnson's decision to back Dominic Cummings, his chief adviser who broke lockdown rules means, 'more people will die' from coronavirus, according to one of his own scientific advisers.

Cummings is reported to have travelled from London to the north of England several times amid the nationwide lockdown, despite Downing Street insisting he had acted 'legally.' Professor Stephen Reicher, who sits on the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours , was speaking after Boris Johnson defended Dominic Cummings, his chief aide, who reportedly travelled to the north of England on multiple occasions despite the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

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