Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that "everything could have turned upside down" for him at the hospital, where he spent a week being treated for Covid-19 disease. In a video published after his release, he thanked in particular "the nurses who stayed with (his) for 48 hours when everything could have changed".
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Boris Johnson was released from the London hospital on Sunday where he had been treated for a week and will continue to recover, leaving the government to manage the pandemic for the time being. "The Prime Minister has left the hospital to continue his convalescent to Checkers, "his residence in north-west London, a spokesman said in a statement. "On the advice of his medical team, (he) will not immediately resume work." "All his thoughts are with those affected by the disease," added the spokesman for Downing Street.
Over 10,000 dead in the UK
The 55-year-old conservative leader was transferred to intensive care on Monday, from where he left on Thursday. Boris Johnson is to date the only head of government of a great power to have been infected with the virus, replaced in his absence by the head of diplomacy, Dominic Raab. He 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."
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The United Kingdom has crossed the 10,000 mark for coronavirus, with 737 more deaths counted in 24 hours, the Health Minister said on Sunday. In total, the pandemic, killed 10,612 in the hospital, according to this report stopped Saturday at 4:00 p.m. GMT which does not count in particular the deaths in retirement home. An additional 5,288 people tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of people infected with the disease in the UK to 84,270.