U-Branson, obiza ixabiso lakhe uxeliwe kwi-4.4 yezigidigidi zeerandi, wenze esi sibonelelo kwiposi yebhlog namhlanje, ezama ukufumana i-500 yezigidi zokuphila kwiVirgin Atlantic ukuze ayincede "ngempembelelo embi le [Covid-19ubhubhani uyaqhubeka esanda. ”
U-Branson utyhile ukuba unikezela ngesiqithi sakhe sangasese kwii-Virgin Islands zase-Bhritane ezingenarhafu - athe wazithenga ngo-1978 nge-180,000 yeedola- ngelinge lokucenga urhulumente wase-UK ukuba ancede ukugcina "imisebenzi emininzi kangangoko" nokukhusela inkampani yakhe uya kutshona. Ulawulo lwenkulumbuso u-Boris Johnson uxele ukuba usalile isicelo sakhe se-500 sezigidi.
Intshukumo kaBranson yokugqibela ukusabela kuqhambuko olubulalayo lwe-coronavirus, olubethe kakhulu ishishini leenqwelomoya, uye wagxothwa kwi-intanethi "njenge-PR yokuma."
Ayikokokuqala u-Branson, owabizwa ngokuba "yimbacu yerhafu", ephantsi kokugxekwa ngokufuna inkxaso yelizwe.
“Uhlala kwii-Virgin Islands zase-Bhritane kwaye kuba i-UK ayinarhafu ehlabathini, akahlawuli rhafu. Ukanti ufuna umrhafi wase-UK abuyele umva, "yatsho enye i-tweet.
Usomashishini wase-Bhritane wasusa ii-asethi ezixabisa i-1.1 yezigidigidi zeedola ukusuka e-US zaya kwii-Virgin Islands zase-Bhritane ngo-Matshi, eqaqambisa ukusebenzisa kwakhe iindawo zokurhafisa njengoko ezama ukunciphisa ilahleko ngexesha lobunzima be-coronavirus.
