Prime Minister Boris Johnson kicks off a new day in intensive care on Wednesday, where he is fighting the new coronavirus that has killed nearly 6,200 people in the UK.
"The Prime Minister is in stable condition" and "he is in good spirits" after two nights in intensive care, Secretary of State for Health Edward Argar said on Sky News on Wednesday. "He previously received oxygen but is not on a ventilator," he added.
According to The Times, the persistent fever that led to his admission to London's St Thomas hospital ten days after being diagnosed at Covid-19 on March 27 has subsided.
"Colleague and friend"
The hospitalized Sunday of the charismatic but divisive conservative leader of 55 years, then his transfer to intensive care the next evening, shocked in the United Kingdom.
"He is not only our boss, he is also a colleague and a friend," stressed the head of diplomacy Dominic Raab, who ensures the interim at the head of the government, during the daily press conference of the executive on Tuesday. But he "will get away with it" because "he is a fighter," he added.
"He continued to work for you ... Now pray for him," calls The Sun in a Wednesday. Another tabloid, the Daily Express, assures that "Boris will get by" and illustrates its first page of a photo showing a team of caregivers wearing coronavirus protective equipment and wishing: "Get well quickly, Boris "
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Boris Johnson is to date the only high-powered head of government to have been infected with the virus, which continues to spread in the United Kingdom.
Peak in the coming days?
The UK recorded more than 786 deaths in 24 hours on Tuesday, a new record for the country, and more than 55,200 people were officially infected there. British authorities estimate that the country will experience the peak of the pandemic in the coming days.
Dominic Raab should be responsible for taking a possible decision to extend the confinement, with particularly painful social, economic and social consequences.
But according to Downing Street, this decision will come after the three weeks of confinement initially decreed on March 23, after many hesitations of the government. It will be taken when the peak is "passed," said Edward Argar on the BBC.
"We are about two weeks behind France, a few weeks behind Italy in terms of figures" of contamination and death, had detailed government scientific adviser Patrick Vallance, present alongside Dominic Raab at the press conference .
Overweight
Former mayor of London, Boris Johnson does not suffer from any other pathology but manages problems of overweight. Until his hospitalization on Sunday, he had tried to continue to run from his apartment in Downing Street, where he was in quarantine.
Queen Elisabeth II, 93, sent a message to her pregnant fiancee Carrie Symonds and her family, wishing her a "total and rapid" recovery.
Very popular after his victory in the legislative elections in December when he undertook to implement the divorce from the European Union, Boris Johnson was nevertheless criticized for having delayed adopting containment measures against the pandemic.
He boasted of having "shaken hands with everyone"
Outings are authorized within the framework of this confinement, in particular for shopping or physical exercise. But with London's parks still open and crowded due to the good weather, fears are increasing about a worsening of the contamination trend.
Boris Johnson taunted the virus in early March boasting of having "shaken hands with everyone", including Covid-19 patients during a hospital visit.
Now sick himself, he has received messages of support from around the world, from the prayers of Donald Trump to the wishes of Vladimir Putin.