LONDON, April 7 ― British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit yesterday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened though his Downing Street office said he was still conscious. Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated, but...
A police officer is seen in the St Thomas' Hospital after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care after his Covid-19 symptoms worsened, April 6, 2020. ― Reuters pic
Downing Street had said he was in good spirits and still in charge, though his condition deteriorated in the early evening and he was transferred at about 1800 GMT to an intensive care unit ― where the most serious cases are treated ― at St Thomas' hospital in central London.“Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the Prime Minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital,” a spokesman for his office said.
His spokesman had earlier refused to answer directly after being asked whether he had pneumonia. But his move to intensive care confirmed the gravity of the situation. “He's been really something very special - strong, resolute, doesn’t quit, doesn't give up,” Trump told a news briefing, adding he had asked two pharmaceutical firms developing potential COVID-19 therapies to get in touch with the British government to offer their services.
Asked at a news conference earlier yesterday whether he had been in touch with Johnson yesterday by either text or by telephone, Raab said he had last spoken to the prime minister on Saturday.On March 27, Johnson became the first leader of a major power to announce that he had tested positive for Covid-19.
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