LONDON, April 25 ― Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to return to work soon after his recovery from Covid-19, as pressure mounts on his government to explain how to get Britain out of lockdown. Johnson, 55, has been recuperating at the British prime ministerial retreat, Chequers, outside...
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He spent three days in intensive care and later admitted that “things could have gone either way”, forcing him to take it easy before returning to the political fray. In reality, Raab, senior minister Michael Gove and Health Minister Matt Hancock have largely shared the leadership burden in Johnson's absence, which has coincided with the suspected peak in hospital deaths and positive tests.
“The government hasn't been as agile as it should have been,” Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the council of the British Medical Association , told Sky News television.Johnson has received support during his illness, which has been seen as a clear demonstration of the indiscriminate nature of the virus. He will also be expected to immediately explain how he plans to get the country's economy up and running again while controlling the spread of the virus.There have been growing demands for an exit strategy from the current national lockdown, which was first imposed on March 23, extended on April 16 and is due for review on May 7.
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