Boris Johnson, Chief Medical Officer Professor Whitty and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance didn’t “outrightly challenge” the wild prediction before measures were put in place

 Boris Johnson says ‘bumpy road’ ahead for UK in coronavirus pandemic

Boris Johnson was panicked into a national lockdown by “doomsday” warnings of 1.5million coronavirus deaths, a bombshell new book claims.

Investigative author Tom Bower believes the Prime Minister was scared into the move back in March with the worry of mass deaths across the UK.

The Gambler, the explosive new book set to cause waves at Downing Street in the coming weeks, lifts the lid on the measures taken at the start of the pandemic.

Professor Neil Ferguson warned government officials 80 per cent of Brits would be infected with Covid-19, it is said.

The alarming figures were presented at a Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies meeting in February – and were seemingly just accepted, weeks before lockdown was announced.