U.K. Denies Claims by Cummings It Pursued Covid Herd Immunity

Shoppers walk along a temporarily pedestrianized Regent Street in London, U.K.

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The U.K. government pushed back on claims from the former chief aide of Prime Minister Boris Johnson that officials pursued a herd immunity strategy in the early days of the pandemic.