Coronavirus: Boris Johnson spends second evening in intensive care

Boris Johnson is spending a second evening in intensive care as he continues to obtain remedy for coronavirus.

The PM is being saved in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital in London “for shut monitoring”, No 10 stated.

Mr Johnson’s situation is “secure” and he stays in “good spirits”, his spokesman added on Tuesday night.

Earlier, International Secretary Dominic Raab stated he was “assured” the PM would recuperate from this sickness, describing him as a “fighter”.

Mr Raab, who’s deputising for the PM, stated Mr Johnson was receiving customary oxygen remedy and was respiratory with none help, resembling mechanical air flow or non-invasive respiratory help.

It’s understood there won’t be an additional replace on Mr Johnson’s situation till in a while Wednesday.

Downing Avenue additionally confirmed that the evaluation into whether or not the coronavirus lockdown measures could possibly be eased on Monday had been shelved.

Mr Johnson was initially admitted to St Thomas’ on Sunday, on the recommendation of his physician, after persevering with to show signs of cough and excessive temperature 10 days after testing constructive for the virus.

Talking at Tuesday’s Downing Avenue coronavirus briefing, Mr Raab stated the prime minister was being monitored intently in vital care, as was regular medical apply.

Describing Mr Johnson as not solely a boss however “additionally a buddy”, Mr Raab stated: “All of our ideas and prayers are with the prime minister at the moment, with Carrie, and together with his entire household.

“And I am assured he’ll pull via, as a result of if there’s one factor I learn about this prime minister, he is a fighter. And he’ll be again on the helm, main us via this disaster briefly order.”

Buckingham Palace stated the Queen had despatched a message to Mr Johnson’s household and his pregnant fiancee, Carrie Symonds, saying she was pondering of them, and wished the PM a full and speedy restoration.

Prince William additionally tweeted a personal message of sympathy to the PM’s family, signing it off together with his preliminary “W”, whereas his father, the Prince of Wales, despatched a message from himself and the Duchess of Cornwall wishing Mr Johnson a “speedy restoration”, Clarence Home stated.

‘Very clear instructions’

On the briefing, Mr Raab was additionally requested about whether or not his function deputising for Mr Johnson gave him full prime ministerial accountability.

The international secretary stated he was standing in for the prime minister “every time vital” – together with main the each day conferences of the coronavirus “battle cupboard”.

He stated choices can be made by “collective cupboard accountability – so that’s the similar as earlier than”.

“However we have got very clear instructions, very clear directions from the prime minister, and we’re targeted with complete unity and complete resolve on implementing them in order that when he is again, I hope in very brief order, we may have made the progress that he would count on and that the nation would count on,” Mr Raab added.

Beforehand, Mr Johnson had dedicated to examine the proof to see if the lockdown measures could possibly be eased in three weeks, which might be subsequent Monday.

However Mr Raab stated: “The vital factor is to take evidence-based choices and so we have stated that we’ll take any evaluation as soon as we have got the proof that the measures are working.

“And having the sort of impression taking us previous the height which implies that they are often responsibly performed. We’re not at that stage but.”

Downing Avenue confirmed that the evaluation wouldn’t go forward on the scheduled date and stated it might as an alternative happen after the three-week mark.

It got here because the variety of coronavirus hospital deaths within the UK rose to six,159 on Tuesday – a document improve of 786 in a day, the Department of Health and Social Care said, in contrast with 439 on Monday.

Nevertheless, the federal government’s chief scientific adviser instructed the Downing Avenue briefing the variety of coronavirus circumstances within the UK “could possibly be transferring in the best course”.

Sir Patrick Vallance stated it was “doable that we’re starting to see… the curve flattening”.

As of 09:00 BST on Tuesday, 213,181 individuals have been examined, of which 55,242 examined constructive, the Division of Well being and Social Care stated.

Total, 266,694 checks have been concluded, with 14,006 checks carried out on Monday.

In different developments:

• A physician who specialised in treating the aged has died after testing constructive for Covid-19
• The primary sufferers have been admitted to the Nightingale hospital in east London – a brief facility arrange on the Excel centre
• Workers at Holland & Barrett are campaigning for his or her outlets to be shut, arguing their well being is in danger
• The months-long lockdown within the metropolis of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province – the place the coronavirus pandemic began – has been lifted
• The variety of individuals in France who’ve died from the coronavirus has now risen above 10,000.
• New York recorded its highest single-day improve in virus deaths on Tuesday.
• Cupboard Workplace minister Michael Gove turned the newest politician to self-isolate after a member of the family developed coronavirus signs
• Individuals who volunteered to help the NHS in England through the coronavirus disaster are being given particulars of what duties they will do to assist

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