LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday became a father again when his partner Carrie Symonds gave birth to a healthy baby boy, just weeks after he himself was hospitalized with cor
onavirus.
Johnson, 55, only returned to work on Monday after being hospitalised with COVID-19, including three nights in intensive care during which he later said "things could have gone either way". The prime minister has at least five other children, including four with his second wife, Marina Wheeler, from whom he split in 2018.
However, the new baby will not be the first -- former prime ministers Tony Blair and David Cameron both became fathers while in office.Johnson is the most high-profile world leader to contract COVID-19, and Britain is among the worst hit countries in the global pandemic, with more than 21,000 deaths so far.
There had been some speculation about his health after aides refused to say if he would attend the weekly prime minister's questions in parliament on Wednesday. "Such happy news amid so much uncertainty -- 2020 is certainly a year they will never forget," he said.
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