British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a short visit to a London hospital on Monday, June 20, where he underwent a "
very light routine operation related to his sinuses
", his services said.
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He arrived at the hospital around 6 a.m. and the operation took place
,” said a spokesman for the head of government.
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He was back in Downing Street shortly after 10 a.m.
Boris Johnson, 58 since Sunday, is now resting at home and plans to attend the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the spokesman said, stressing that the operation had been planned "
for a while
".
The Prime Minister has been seen several times in recent weeks sniffling like he has a cold.
In April 2020, he spent several days in hospital, including three days on life support, after contracting Covid-19.
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During this hospitalization, the then head of diplomacy, Dominic Raab, had acted as interim.
Dominic Raab - now justice minister and deputy prime minister - and Simon Case, Britain's top civil servant, had been given advance notice of Monday's operation, the spokesman said.