(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) British Prime Minister sent to hospital for treatment

China News Agency, London, April 5 (Zhao Xingyiping) The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was isolated at home on Downing Street, was sent to the hospital for reception at 9:15 pm on the 5th due to the continued unabated new pneumonia symptoms. treatment.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister ’s Office disclosed that Boris Johnson “continued to experience persistent symptoms of viral infection ten days after the new corona virus test was positive for home quarantine,” including body temperature has been high. On the advice of the doctor, Johnson decided to accept the necessary "preventive measures", "The Prime Minister has been sent to the hospital for examination and treatment tonight."

The spokesman said that Johnson is still in charge of government affairs and is in contact with ministerial colleagues and officials. Earlier on Sunday, Health Minister Matt Hancock replied when asked about the Prime Minister ’s condition, "He is fine, I am in contact with him every day, several times a day. But he still has a fever." And He added, "He is working on Downing Street with excitement." According to regulations, if Johnson's condition continues to deteriorate, Foreign Minister and First Secretary of State Dominic Raab will be ready to take over the job of prime minister.

Johnson announced that he was infected with the new coronavirus on March 27, and originally hoped that the quarantine would end after 7 days at home. His fiancée Carrie Symonds (Carrie Symonds) also had symptoms of new coronavirus infection a week ago.

The spokesman said, "The prime minister who is still ill is grateful for the hard work of the medical staff of the National Health Service System (NHS) and urged the public to continue to comply with government regulations to ban themselves at home to protect the NHS from being destroyed by the epidemic and save more lives.

On the 5th, a total of 195,524 people in the United Kingdom received the new coronavirus test. The number of confirmed cases increased by 5,903 cases, with a cumulative total of 47,806 cases, an increase of 621 deaths, and a cumulative death of 4,934 people. (Finish)