In intensive care since Monday evening, Boris Johnson was able to leave this Thursday evening, announced his spokesman. During the day, the latter had already indicated that the British Prime Minister, admitted Sunday evening to St Thomas, hospital in central London, because of symptoms related to Covid-19, had "had a good night and his state of health continues to improve. "
Boris Johnson, 55, was "transferred from intensive care tonight to another unit, where he will be closely monitored during the first phase of his recovery," said his spokesman, adding that the chief executive was "in a very good mood," reports the BBC.
7,978 dead in the UK
The hospitalization of the leader deprives the government cabinet of its leader at a time when the United Kingdom is sinking into the crisis of the new coronavirus, with daily reports among the highest in Europe. On Thursday, the country recorded 881 additional deaths from sick Covid-19 patients, bringing the total to 7,978 dead, according to a daily report released Thursday by Foreign Minister Dominic Raab, who heads the interim government.
Among the victims was a doctor in his fifties who had raised the alarm with the executive about the cruel lack of personal protective equipment for carers. The virus officially infected 65,077 people in the country.