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UK PM Johnson is stable, still in intensive care for close monitoring

UK PM Johnson is stable, still in intensive care for close monitoring
April 8, 2020
LONDON (REUTERS) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition is stable and he remains in intensive care for close monitoring, a spokesman for his office said. Johnson was admitted to hospital on Sunday and moved to intensive care on Monday after his condition worsened. He has received oxygen treatment and is breathing without any assistance, foreign minister Dominic Raab said. “The prime minister's condition is stable and he remains in intensive care for close monitoring. He is in good spirits,” the Downing Street spokesman said. A government source said no further update on Johnson's condition was expected until Wednesday. Johnson spent a second night in intensive care on Tuesday battling the coronavirus which has infected more than 55,000 across the country and killed nearly 6,200. "He stayed at work for you... now pray at home for him," The Sun tabloid splashed across its front page Wednesday while the Daily Express said: "Boris ‘will pull through’." Deputising for Johnson, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he was "confident he’ll pull through, because if there’s one thing I know about this prime minister, he’s a fighter and he’ll be back, leading us through this crisis in short order". He earlier said the 55-year-old Conservative leader was receiving "standard oxygen treatment and breathing without any other assistance" and had not required a ventilator. Johnson is the most high-profile government leader to become infected with COVID-19 and messages of support flooded in from across Britain and the world.