UK's Boris Johnson apologizes to Covid-19 victims' families at public inquiry

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday apologized to families of Covid-19 victims, as he began giving evidence at a UK public inquiry into his government's handling of the pandemic.

Johnson, who has faced a barrage of criticism from his former aides for his indecisiveness and a lack of scientific understanding during the pandemic, is expected to admit that he "unquestionably made mistakes" during two days at the inquiry in London. Nearly 130,000 people died with Covid-19 in UK by mid-July 2021, one of the worst official per capita tolls among Western nations.