British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for what No 10 said was a minor and routine operation on his sinuses.
Johnson was put under general anaesthetic and is now resting at home, leaveing Dominic Raab as deputy prime minister to be in charge of taking any significant decisions while he recovers.
The Prime Minister’s spokesperson indicated whether he would return to work on Tuesday depended on “how he feels” but he was still expected to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Rwanda later this week.
No 10 said the operation was a success and had been scheduled “for a while”, adding that Johnson had been driven to hospital at around 6 am on Monday and was returned home by 10 am.
The procedure was conducted on the NHS and he was “very briefly” unconscious while he had the general anaesthetic administered, according to the spokesperson said.
Asked whether the operation on his sinuses was related to Johnson having caught Covid-19 more than two years ago, the spokesperson replied that was “certainly not my understanding”.
He added: “I wouldn’t generally comment on the PM’s medical history but obviously it’s of public interest as regards to this operation.”
A medical source claiemd that the Prime Minister had a procedure called functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) to treat chronic sinusitis.
