World leaders – including President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron – have expressed their support for Boris Johnson.
On April 7, cabinet minister Michael Gove said the prime minister was not on a ventilator.
A Downing Street statement read: “The prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus.
“Over the course of [April 6] afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the intensive care unit at the hospital.”
The staement continued: “The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all NHS staff for their hard work and dedication.”
Boris Johnson was initially taken to hospital for tests after announcing 11 days ago that he had the coronavirus. His symptoms included a high temperature and a cough.
President Trump said Americans “are all praying for his recovery”, describing Boris Johnson as “a very good friend of mine and a friend to our nation” who is “strong” and “doesn’t give up”.
Prsident Macron said he sent “all my support to Boris Johnson, to his family and to the British people at this difficult moment”.
Prince Charles has tested positive for
coronavirus, Clarence House has announced.
The 71-year-old is displaying mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in
good health”, a spokesman said, adding that the 72-year-old Duchess of
Cornwall has been tested but does not have the virus.
Prince Charles and his wife are now self-isolating at Balmoral.
According to Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II last saw her son, the
heir to the throne, on March 12, but was “in good health”.
The palace added that Prince Philip was not present at that meeting, and
that the Queen was now “following all the appropriate advice with regard
to her welfare”.
A Clarence House statement read: “In
accordance with government and medical advice, the prince and the duchess are
now self-isolating at home in Scotland.
“The tests were carried out by
the NHS in Aberdeenshire, where they met the criteria required for testing.
“It is not possible to ascertain
from whom the prince caught the virus owing to the high number of engagements
he carried out in his public role during recent weeks.”
Prince Charles’s last public engagement was on March 12 – the same day he
last saw the Queen – when he attended a dinner in aid of the Australian
bushfire relief and recovery effort.
However, the prince has also been working from home over the last few days,
and has held a number of private meetings with Highgrove and Duchy of Cornwall
individuals, all of whom have been made aware.
A number of household staff at Birkhall – Prince Charles’s residence on the
Balmoral estate – are now self-isolating at their own homes.
A palace source said Prince Charles has spoken to both the Queen and his sons – Prince William and Prince Harry – and is in good spirits.
UK’s health minister Nadine Dorries has been
diagnosed with coronavirus.
She showed symptoms on the day she attended an
event with PM Boris Johnson.
Nadine Dorries, 62, said she has been self-isolating at home.
The Department of Health said the minister first showed symptoms on March 5
– the same day she attended an event hosted by the prime minister.
Six people with the virus have died in the UK, which has a total of 382
cases.
The latest person to die was a man in his early 80s who had underlying
health conditions.
The Bank of England earlier announced an emergency cut in interest rates
from 0.75% to 0.25% in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus
outbreak
It is not known how many meetings Nadine Dorries had attended at Westminster
or in her constituency in recent days, but she was at an event at Downing
Street on March 5 to mark International Women’s Day.
She also held a surgery in her constituency on March 6 which was attended by
up to 12 people, according to Steven Dixon, chair of the Mid Bedfordshire
Conservative Association.
Steven Dixon said the details of all those who attended the surgery have
been passed to the NHS.
The Flitwick Club, where the surgery took place, is undergoing a deep clean
as a precaution.
The Department of Health said ministers – including the prime minister –
would not need to undergo testing as Public Health England (PHE) has assessed
the risk of Nadine Dorries’ close contacts and only those with symptoms needed
to self-isolate.
Nadine Dorries added she was worried about her 84-year-old mother who was
staying with her and began to cough on March 10.
The number of total cases for the UK include 324 cases in England, 27 in
Scotland, 16 in Northern Ireland and 15 in Wales.
There are 91 in London, with the next highest infected area being the south-east,
with 51 cases. The latest person to die, on March 9, was a man in his 80s, with
underlying health conditions, who was being treated at Watford General
Hospital.
The man caught the virus in the UK and officials are trying to trace who he had been in contact with.
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