LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care, more than a day after his coronavirus infection worsened.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Government officials in London insist the move was merely"precautionary". But the revelation that he needed oxygen to help him breathe - though not through a ventilator - before he was moved, while still conscious, to the intensive care unit at St Thomas Hospital in central London, just opposite Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, indicates that his condition is worse than initially admitted.Mr Johnson, who turns 56 in June, has had no previous medical complaints.
The British Prime Minister has struggled, however, to keep his weight down; he apparently weighs over 100kg which, at a height of 1.75m, puts him in the seriously overweight category.. British statistics indicate that more than 70 per cent of those admitted to intensive hospital care as a result of a coronavirus infection are classified as obese, although it is also true that two-thirds of the country's overall population is classified as overweight.
When Mr Johnson was first placed under quarantine at his 10 Downing Street official residence on March 26, communiques suggested that he was feeling fine and was handling all government business as normal, while his pregnant 32-year-old fiancee Carrie Symonds was showing symptoms of the virus, though she had not been tested.
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