British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care, as his situation after testing positive to the coronavirus is reported to be incredibly serious.
The Prime Minister’s condition at St Thomas’s Hospital has dramatically worsened in the last few hours and he has been moved into intensive care at 7 pm.
According to the report by UK Evening Standard, Mr Johnson was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in Westminster on Sunday for tests and observation after his coronavirus symptoms persisted for 10 days.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will “deputise where necessary” while he is in intensive care, a No 10 spokesman said.
The spokesman added: “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.
“Over the course of this 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 PM has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is the First Secretary of State, to deputise for him where necessary.
“The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all NHS staff for their hard work and dedication.”
The Queen has been kept informed by Downing Street about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition, Buckingham Palace said.
Mr Raab confirmed it was over the course of Monday afternoon that the PM’s conditioned deteriorated.
He said: “During the course of this afternoon, the Prime Minister’s condition worsened and, on the advice of the medical team, he’s moved to a critical care unit.
“So in light of those circumstances, the Prime Minister asked me as First Secretary to deputise for him where necessary in driving forward the Government’s plans to defeat coronavirus.
“And, as you’ll know, he’s been receiving excellent care at St Thomas’s hospital, and we’d like to take this opportunity as a Government to thank NHS staff up and down the country for all of their dedication, hard work and commitment in treating everyone who’s been affected by this awful virus.”
He added the Government was focused on “making sure we can defeat coronavirus”.
He added: “There’s an incredibly strong team spirit behind the Prime Minister, and making sure that we get all of the plans the Prime Minister’s instructed us to deliver, to get them implemented as soon as possible.”