Covid, Boris Johnson in intensive care: second night
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson remains in St Thomas’ Hospital in London after he moved to intensive care. He remains stable after spending the second night in intensive care. Health minister Edward Argar wished “him and Carrie all the best” after the PM’s pregnant partner also self-isolated with symptoms.
Also there is a report that his temperature had fallen after more than a week got fever because of Covid-19. Downing Street said he had not been diagnosed with pneumonia and had not required “non-invasive” breathing support. Despite initial fears, doctors at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital decided there was no need to put him on a ventilator and sedate him.
His deputy Dominic Raab, who has taken charge of the Government in his absence, said last night: “I’m confident that he’ll pull through because if there’s one thing I know, he’s a fighter.
He’ll be back at the helm leading us through this crisis in short order.” However experts have warned it could be weeks or even months before he is fully fit to return to work, and may require a “phased” return to duties.
Then the Government has warned there is no end in sight to the UK’s nationwide police-enforced lockdown. Boris Johnson originally said the measures would be reviewed after three weeks. It meansthey could be lifted after the Easter weekend. But ministers made clear last night that it was too soon to lift the lockdown. The law says the lockdown can roll on indefinitely if ministers choose to and it does not legally have to be reviewed for months.
Argar urged people to stay in their homes despite the sunny weather, saying that this is the time we need to be really firm about sticking to that message. Then he added that they will review it and will be led by the scientific evidence when that evidence tells us it’s the right time, that we’ve got the evidence base to make any changes.
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