United Kingdom PM Boris Johnson responding to treatment for COVID in ICU

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “responding to treatment” for coronavirus at intensive care in a London hospital and remained clinically stable, his official spokesman said.

Johnson was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital on Sunday, on the advice of his doctor, after continuing to have a cough and high temperature 10 days after testing positive for the virus, the BBC reported. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was given oxygen before being taken to intensive care on Monday. The spokesman said that Johnson was in “good spirits” on Wednesday as he continued to receive standard oxygen treatment. He was breathing without any assistance, such as mechanical ventilation or non-invasive respiratory support. The spokesman added that he was not working but could contact those he needed to.

The Queen and other senior royals sent messages to Johnson’s family and his pregnant fiancee, Carrie Symonds, saying they were thinking of them, and wished the Prime Minister a full and speedy recovery.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for Johnson, said on Tuesday he was “confident” the PM would recover from this illness, describing him as a “fighter”, the BBC reported.

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