UK PM Boris Johnson defends aide Dominic Cummings who travelled 250 miles during the coronavirus lockdown to drop his son off with relatives as a precaution
"In travelling to find the right kind of childcare, at the moment when both he and his wife were about to be incapacitated by coronavirus, and when he had no alternative - I think he followed the instincts of every father, and every parent."
Cummings, who masterminded the 2016 campaign to leave the European Union, came under pressure when newspapers reported he had travelled from London to Durham in late March, when Britain was under a strict lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak.But the row within the governing Conservatives looked set to ripple on, with those who called for the senior aide's resignation expected to be marginalised.
Johnson's office said Cummings made the journey to ensure his 4-year-old son could be properly cared for by relatives if he too fell ill.
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