Boris Johnson "to continue his recovery at Checkers", his residence in north-west London. This Sunday, the British Prime Minister, contaminated by the Covid-19, left the Saint Thomas hospital where he had been hospitalized for a week, announced a spokesman for Downing Street in a statement. "On the advice of his medical team, [he] will not immediately return to work."
The 55-year-old conservative leader was admitted to the hospital last Sunday. He was transferred the following day to intensive care Monday, from where he left Thursday. He has since returned to hospital, doing sudokus and watching movies, like the romantic comedy Love Actually , or reading Tintin , according to the British press. Her 32-year-old fiancée Carrie Symonds, pregnant, sent her copies of her ultrasound to cheer her up.
Almost 10,000 coronavirus deaths in the UK
Boris Johnson had made his first official statement Sunday morning since his hospitalization. "I can never thank enough" NHS staff, he said, adding, "I owe them my life." Prime Minister "would like to thank everyone at Saint Thomas hospital [where he was being treated] for the exceptional care he received," Downing Street added in his statement, adding that "all his thoughts are with those who are affected by the disease. "
Diagnosed positive at Covid-19 on March 27, Boris Johnson was to date the only head of government of a great power to have been contaminated by the virus, which left almost 10,000 dead in the United Kingdom, one of the European countries hardest hit.
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