UBranson, obiza inani lakhe lonke kubikwa ukuthi unamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-4.4, wenze lesi sipho eposini lebhulogi namhlanje, ezama ukuthola ulayini wokuphila wezigidi ezingama- £ 500 weVirgin Atlantic ukuwusiza “ngomthelela omubi lokhuCovid-19ubhadane luyaqhubeka luba khona. ”
UBranson uveze ukuthi unikela ngesiqhingi sakhe sangasese eziQhingini zaseBritish ezingakhokhisi ntela - athenga ngo-1978 nge $ 180,000 - emzameni wokuncenga uhulumeni wase-UK ukuthi asize ukusindisa “imisebenzi eminingi ngangokunokwenzeka” nokuvimba inkampani yakhe yezindiza ukuqothuka. Ukuphathwa kukaNdunankulu uBoris Johnson kubikwa ukuthi usinqabile isicelo sakhe semali engu- $ 500 million.
Isinyathelo sakamuva sikaBranson ngenxa yokuqubuka kwesifo esibulalayo se-coronavirus, esihlasele kakhulu imboni yezindiza, sichithiwe ku-inthanethi ngokuthi "yi-PR ukuma".
Akukona okokuqala uBranson, obizwa ngokuthi "umbaleki wentela", egxekwa ngokuqinile ngokufuna ukwesekwa nguhulumeni.
“Uhlala eBritish Islands Islands futhi njengoba i-UK ayinayo intela emhlabeni wonke, [akakhokhi] intela. Yize kunjalo ufuna umkhokhi wentela wase-UK, "kusho enye i-tweet eshayayo.
Usomabhizinisi waseBrithani wasusa impahla ebiza u- $ 1.1 billion usuka e-US wayisa e-British Virgin Islands ngoMashi, egqamisa ukusebenzisa kwakhe izindawo zokukhokha intela njengoba ezama ukunciphisa ukulahlekelwa kwakhe ngesikhathi senhlekelele ye-coronavirus.
