Moments ago, it was reported that UK’s Prime Minister Borris Johnson was put on oxygen as his health deteriorated; he was transferred yesterday to hospital after he contracted coronavirus.
Metro reported that the PM spent the night at St Thomas’ Hospital in central London, ten days after testing positive for the virus.
The Times reported that Johnson, 55, who is expecting a child with his fiancé Carrie Symonds, was given oxygen after arriving at the hospital by car.
On its part, Downing Street has stressed the hospital visit is not an emergency but was a done on the advice of his doctor because of ‘persistent symptoms’, which is believed to be a high temperature.
Mean while, the United Kingdom’s death toll from Coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen by 403 to 4,897, according to the National Health Service (NHS).
The NHS added that 15 of the 403 patients had never suffered from any disease before.
Johnson confirmed the news in a video posted on Twitter, saying: “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus.”
He continued: “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus. Together we will beat this. #StayHomeSaveLives”.
Yesterday, Queen Elizabeth II gave a rare address to the nation on Sunday, uplifting the spirits of her people in the United Kingdom and offering hope to her country as it faces the devastating coronavirus pandemic.
In a televised speech, only the fourth in her 68-year reign, the reigning monarch acknowledged the suffering that many families have endured because of the COVID-19 crisis
It is worth mentioning that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic on March 11 as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
