UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is responding to treatment for the coronavirus and remains in a stable condition in hospital, according to his official spokesman.
“The Prime Minister is receiving oxygen treatment and is breathing without support,” he said.
Johnson has spent three nights in St. Thomas’s Hospital in central London – two of which have been in intensive care.
Johnson revealed he was suffering from coronavirus on March 27, as did health secretary Matt Hancock, who has since recovered. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is deputizing for Johnson while the Prime Minister is in intensive care.
There is no codified line of succession at the pinnacle of British politics, but Johnson has nominated Raab to deputize for him while he is in hospital.
The UK’s coronavirus restrictions are due to be reviewed on Monday, but won’t be relaxed until it’s clear the peak of infections has passed, said junior health minister Edward Argar on Wednesday. He has urged people to stay home over the Easter weekend.
