原标题：宁可“尸堆成山”也不“封城”？英首相：没有，我没说过
据英国媒体报道，首相鲍里斯·约翰逊去年10月曾说宁可“成千上万的尸体堆积如山”也不要再为新冠疫情“封城”。约翰逊26日发声澄清，并称这些报道“完全是垃圾。”
据《每日邮报》报道，约翰逊当时刚同意实施第二轮“封城”措施，他在首相官邸会议上说：“再也不要实施该死的封城了——让成千上万的尸体堆积如山吧。”
不过另据ITV报道，约翰逊并非在会议中，而是会后发表了此番言论。
First reported in the Daily Mail on Monday， UK prime minister Boris Johnson‘s alleged comments were supposedly made after he felt corralled into agreeing to a four-week lockdown in November， months after it was recommended by Sage scientists to curb soaring coronavirus cases。 He apparently warned he would never again back another national lockdown。
ITV reported source claims that the“let the bodies pile high”comments were shouted from an office in Downing Street after a crunch meeting with ministers， rather than during the meeting。
约翰逊在回应中极力否认自己说过那样的话。
他说：
“我的想法是，英国‘封城’做得很好，虽然很艰难，对于人民来说也很艰难，这是毫无疑问的。”
“What I certainly think is that this country has done an amazing job with the lockdowns。 And they’ve been very difficult。 And they’ve been very tough for people。 And there’s no question about that。
英国国防大臣华莱士也否认了该说法。“这不是事实--所有人都断然否认，”当天空新闻向他求证时华莱士表示。
“现在这些流言有些喜剧色彩--不具名顾问引述未具名消息来源、谈论没有明确指定的事件。其实呢，没一个是真的，”华莱士说。
Fresh claims about Johnson are“not true” and a“comedy chapter” in an ongoing Westminster briefing war， a cabinet minister has told Sky News。
“We‘re getting into the sort of comedy chapter now of these gossip stories- unnamed sources by unnamed advisers talking about unnamed events。 None of this is serious。”
这一爆料令约翰逊面临巨大舆论压力。
许多在疫情中失去亲人的网友，在社交媒体上发布了去世亲人的照片，并配文他们“不是尸体。”
约翰逊的主要政治对手、英国最大在野党工党副领袖安吉拉·雷纳指责他“有辱首相尊严。”苏格兰民族党称，如果这一言论得到证实，那么首相应该引咎辞职。据《卫报》报道，有消息称，约翰逊的前高级顾问多米尼克·卡明斯掌握了录音证据。
Dozens of grieving families took to social media to post pictures and memories of loved ones they lost saying they“were not a body”。
Amid growing anger over the alleged comments， Labour’s deputy leader， Angela Rayner， said：“[Johnson has] degraded the office he holds with rampant and overwhelming sleaze。”
The Scottish National party said the prime minister should resign if it was proved that he made the remarks。 There have been suggestions that Dominic Cummings， Johnson‘s former top adviser， has taped evidence to back up claims he is poised to make when he gives evidence to MPs next month。
据美国约翰斯·霍普金斯大学最新统计数据，截至26日，英国新冠病亡人数已达12.7万，仅次于美国、巴西、墨西哥和印度，为欧洲最多。
批评者认为，约翰逊政府应对疫情不力，前期反应迟缓、没有及时给医务人员提供足够防护装备、新冠病毒检测体系错漏百出、执行“封城”不够严格等。
今年1月，英国政府宣布英格兰地区实施第三轮“封城”，以遏制变异新冠病毒引发疫情蔓延，数十万商家关门停业。
UK‘s COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 127，000 as of April 26， according to the latest data by Johns Hopkins University， the highest figure in Europe， and only next to the United States， Brazil， Mexico， and India。
Critics accused the UK Prime Minister of making many mistakes in tackling the pandemic， including reluctance to adopt lockdown measures at the start of the pandemic， which could have saved thousands of lives。
据路透社报道，首相府认定卡明斯先前泄露了不利于约翰逊的消息。卡明斯否认这一说法，但指责约翰逊试图利用政治捐款给唐宁街10号首相府的装修买单。约翰逊方面对此予以否认。
Dominic Cummings， Johnson‘s former top adviser， on Friday denied reports he leaked Johnson’s private communications over COVID-19 ventilators。 But he said in a blog on Friday he had told Johnson he thought his plans to have donors pay for the renovation were“unethical， foolish， possibly illegal。”
Johnson‘s office said the government had followed the rules over the refurbishment。
