UK PM Boris Johnson says he did not make remark about letting bodies pile up

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said he did not say he would rather bodies piled "high in their thousands" than order a third coronavirus lockdown.

Asked whether he had made the remark, as reported by the Daily Mail newspaper, Johnson said: "No, but again, I think the important thing, I think, that people want us to get on and do as a government is to make sure that the lockdowns work, and, and they have."