Chris Whitty Called Rishi Sunak's Covid Policy 'Eat Out To Help The Virus'

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak places an Eat Out to Help Out sticker in the window of a business during a visit to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/PA Images via Getty Images)

Chris Whitty dubbed Rishi Sunak’s policy to encourage people to support restaurants during the Covid pandemic ‘eat out to help the virus’, it has emerged.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson said the chief medical officer made the remark at a meeting in September 2020, weeks after the scheme’s launch.