UK PM Johnson in intensive care after COVID-19 worsens
Tweet
Share
E-mail
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken into intensive care in hospital after his COVID-19 worsened, his office said on Monday.
"Since Sunday evening, the Prime Minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas' Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus," Downing Street said.
"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.
"The PM has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is the First Secretary of State, to deputize for him where necessary."
A source later said Johnson remained conscious.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle and Costas Pitas; editing by Stephen Addison)
Serious News for Serious Traders! Try StreetInsider.com Premium Free!
You May Also Be Interested In
- Crude Inventory Fell 4.5M Barrels Last Week - EIA
- Google avoids breakup as judge rejects ad tech sale order
- Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber for government security
Create E-mail Alert Related Categories
ETFs, Forex, General News, Politics, ReutersSign up for StreetInsider Free!
Receive full access to all new and archived articles, unlimited portfolio tracking, e-mail alerts, custom newswires and RSS feeds - and more!
