Tag: Boris Johnson
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COVID-19: Britain risks second peak
Britain is `turning the tide’ in its fight to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus but must continue social distancing measures to avoid a second peak of infections. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday in his first speech since returning to work after his own infection with the virus. Johnson urged the public…
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British PM to return to work on Monday as COVID-19 deaths pass 20,000
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday after recovering from the novel coronavirus, a government spokesperson confirmed to dpa. He has been recuperating at Chequers, the prime minister’s residence outside London, after he was released from hospital on April 12. Johnson spent a week undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory disease…
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Buhari felicitates with Boris Johnson over recovery from COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, following his discharge from hospital after treatment for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. In a congratulatory letter dated April 14, 2020, to Mr Johnson, from which a statement was issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, President Buhari said he…
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JUST IN: British Prime Minister, Boris John tests negative for coronavirus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested negative for COVID-19, his spokesman said on Monday. The test on leaving hospital was standard medical practice, the spokesperson said, according to the Press Association news agency. Johnson spent a week in hospital including several days in intensive care after contracting the virus, and said he owed his…
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BREAKING: Jubilation as Boris Johnson is discharged from hospital
There is jubilation in the United Kingdom (UK) following the discharge of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from hospital after spending time receiving treatment for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thanked staff at a London hospital for taking care of him while he recovered from the respiratory disease caused by the…
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COVID-19: British PM Boris Johnson in stable condition
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was getting better on Thursday in intensive care where he is battling Covid-19 as his government extended its overdraft facility and reviewed the most stringent shut down in peacetime history. Johnson, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ hospital on Sunday evening with a persistent high temperature and cough and was…
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COVID-19: Boris Johnson on oxygen support
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who spent the night in intensive care with a worsening case of coronavirus, has been given oxygen but is not on a ventilator, a minister said on Tuesday. “The prime minister has received some oxygen support,” senior cabinet minister Michael Gove told LBC radio, adding that “he has not been…
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COVID-19: Trump sends two therapeutic companies to London to assist ‘critically ill’ Boris Johnson
President Donald Trump said he has asked two therapeutics companies to ‘contact London immediately’ about assisting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s treatment Johnson, who was diagnosed with coronavirus about 11 days ago was admitted into the ICU of St. Thomas Hospital as his health took a turn for the worse. ‘I want to send best…
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BREAKING: UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s health worsens, now in intensive care
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson was on Mondayadmitted to intensive care with coronavirus symptoms. “Since Sunday evening, the Prime Minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus. A spokesperson for No.10 said: “Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of…
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BREAKING: Covid-19: UK Prime minister, Boris Johnson admitted in hospital [Video]
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital with coronavirus after suffering persistent symptoms for 10 days. Meanwhile, Downing Street insisted it was just a precautionary measure but Johnson’s admission on a Sunday evening comes after days of rumours that his condition has been worsening. A Downing Street spokesperson said: “On the advice…