Covid-19 scare PM taken to hospital
BORIS Johnson was being treated in hospital last night after failing to shake off symptoms of deadly coronavirus.
Downing Street said the PM had been admitted on the advice of his doctors as a “precautionary step”.
The 55-year-old tested positive for the virus 10 days ago and has been in self-isolation inside his flat since.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said: “On the advice of his doctor, the Prime Minister has been admitted to hospital for tests.
“This is a precautionary step, as the Prime Minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus 10 days after testing positive for the virus. The Prime Minister
thanks NHS staff for all of their incredible hard work and urges the public to continue to follow the Government’s advice to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.”
Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom tweeted: “Praying for a speedy recovery for our Prime Minister.”
Johnny Mercer, the Conservative MP for Plymouth, Moor View, tweeted a picture of himself with the Prime Minister with the message: “Get well soon, mate.”
Labour MP Jess Phillips sent her regards to Johnson and his pregnant fiancee Carrie Symonds. She tweeted: “Sending regards to the Prime Minister and his family and friends, especially to Carrie, it must be such a worry.”
GP Sarah Jarvis, who is not Johnson’s doctor, told the BBC: “The older you become, the more likely it is that you will become severely unwell with this.
“There is a severe stage, a moderate stage and a critical stage. Given he is staying in charge of the Government, that suggests to me that he probably has moderate disease but that, as a precaution, he is being taken in to check the oxygen levels in his blood, to do X-rays and probably scans of his chest.”