British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is receiving 'standard oxygen treatment' and is breathing without assistance, his spokesperson said Tuesday, a day after he was transferred to intensive care with coronavirus.
"standard oxygen treatment" and is breathing without assistance, his spokesperson said Tuesday, a day after he was transferred to intensive care with coronavirus.
In its daily update to reporters, Downing Street moved to head off concerns, stressing that Raab was running the country from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with the support of government officials. "The Prime Minister has a team around him who ensure the work of government goes on," a senior Cabinet minister, Michael Gove, told the BBC earlier. He sidestepped a question about who would take decisions in the event of a nuclear attack, saying he would not discuss national security issues.
The Duke of Cambridge also sent his best wishes."Our thoughts are with the Prime Minister and his family, who like so many in the UK and around the world are affected by coronavirus," said Prince William. The coronavirus has hit the top of the British government hard. The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said on March 27 that he had the virus, on the same day that the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, announced that he would begin self-isolation after displaying Covid-19 symptoms. Neil Ferguson, a top UK government adviser on the virus, said on March 18 he believed he had been infected.
Asked whether the government had been up front with the public about Johnson's condition, and whether the Cabinet had been taken by surprise, he replied:"Yes we were. The [daily coronavirus] briefing that was given at 5 o'clock was given at a time when we didn't know about the deterioration in the Prime Minister's condition."
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