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Boris Johnson remains on the floor at St. Thomas Hospital and making "very good progress," according to a Downing Street spokesman. The Prime Minister will remain temporarily in the hospital, while the United Kingdom is about to exceed 10,000 deaths from coronavirus (9,875) and remains the European country with the most daily deaths.

Still, Home Secretary Priti Patel has given no indication of a tightening of "social distance" measures, despite the British onslaught on parks and beaches with the thermometer above 20 degrees. Patel has even apologized for excessive police zeal, following the threat of using pepper spray against an alleged offender in Manchester.

An 11-year-old boy has so far been the youngest victim of the coronavirus, in the tragic last part of the epidemic. A total of 917 people lost their lives in British hospitals in the last 24 hours, a slight decrease from 980 the previous day (the most tragic balance in a single day in a European country since the epidemic began).

The British Government will foreseeably announce in the next few hours the extension of the three-week 'deadbolt' decreed on March 23. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is temporarily supplanting the prime minister, warned ahead of time that removing the restrictions could serve to lose all the land gained.

The medical authorities, who once warned that up to a thousand deaths could occur daily, are confident that the trend can be reversed starting next week. The number of infected is 78,991 , but intensive care admissions have decreased in recent days.

It is not yet known when he will be able to leave the Boris Johnson hospital, although his father Stanley Johnson has asked his own government to give him time and allow him "a period of adjustment" before returning to activity on Downing Street. As revealed by 'The Daily Mail', Johnson's girlfriend, Carrie Symonds , (also sick with coronavirus) tried to boost the morale of the 'premier' by sending him the latest ultrasound of the baby on the phone, which they both expect for the second half of June. The couple's reunion could occur next week if the two overcome the last symptoms.

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