Branson, eo boleng ba hae bo tlalehiloeng e le $ 4.4 billion, o entse tlhahiso ena posong ea blog kajeno, a leka ho fumana mohala oa phallo ea limilione tse likete tse 500 bakeng sa Virgin Atlantic ho e thusa ka "tšusumetso e mpe enaCovid-19seoa se ntse se tsoela pele ho ba teng. ”
Branson o senotse hore o fana ka sehlekehleke sa hae sa poraefete lihlekehlekeng tsa Briteni tse se nang lekhetho - tseo a li rekileng ka 1978 ka $ 180,000 - ka boiteko ba ho kholisa mmuso oa UK ho thusa ho boloka "mesebetsi e mengata kamoo ho ka khonehang" le ho thibela sefofane sa hae ho ho oa. Tsamaiso ea Tonakholo ea Boris Johnson ho tlalehoa hore e hanne kopo ea hae ea ho lopolla limilione tse likete tse 500.
Khato ea morao-rao ea Branson ho arabela seoa se bolaeang sa coronavirus, se hlasetseng indasteri ea lifofane hampe, e qhelelletsoe marang-rang e le "PR posturing".
Ha se lekhetlo la pele Branson, ea neng a bitsoa "mophaphathehi oa lekhetho", a nyatsuoa ka matla ka ho batla tšehetso ea mmuso.
"O lula Lihlekehlekeng tsa Virgin tsa Borithane mme kaha UK ha e na lekhetho lefats'eng ka bophara, ha a lefe lekhetho. Leha ho le joalo o batla mokokotlo oa lekhetho la UK, "ho boletse tweet e 'ngoe e phatsimang.
Rakhoebo oa Borithane o ile a tsamaisa thepa e jang $ 1.1 billion ho tloha US ho ea Lihlekehlekeng tsa Virgin tsa Borithane ka Hlakubele, a totobatsa tšebeliso ea hae ea libaka tsa lekhetho ha a ntse a leka ho fokotsa tahlehelo ea hae nakong ea koluoa ea coronavirus.