UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of
intensive care.
The BBC quoted a spokesman for the prime minister saying he
was moved from intensive care on Thursday.
“[He] has been moved this evening from intensive care back
to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of
his recovery,” the spokesman reportedly said.
Fifty-five-year-old Johnson was admitted to hospital on
April 5, 2020, 10 days after he tested positive for coronavirus.
After Johnson was hospitalised, Dominic Raab, UK foreign
secretary, took over the reins of government.
Although the prime minister maintained his position as the
head of government when he was first admitted in hospital, that changed when he
was moved to intensive care.
Speaking on Raab’s stepping in for Johnson, Lord Kerslake,
the former head of the civil service, was quoted as saying: “The government and
the cabinet secretary have clearly identified Raab as the first minister but
that was done some time back without any notion that it would come to this.
“Raab will step into the key functions such as chairing
Cobra meetings and chairing cabinet. There will also have been general plans
that would have been refined over the last few days since the prime minister’s
illness became clear.”
As of April 9, 2020, more than 240,000 people have been
tested for coronavirus in the UK. Of that figure, more than 65,000 people have
tested positive, with more than 7,000 deaths recorded.
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