U.K.’s Johnson Moved to Intensive Care as Covid-19 Worsens
- Official: prime minister receiving oxygen, not on ventilator
- U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to stand in for Johnson
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Boris Johnson has been taken into the hospital intensive care unit for treatment for coronavirus after his condition worsened, his office said. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is now deputizing for the U.K. prime minister.
Johnson, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London for tests Sunday night because his virus symptoms had not cleared up, and he became more seriously ill Monday afternoon, a government spokesperson said in an email.