UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Remains Stable In ICU

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 25: Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQ's on March 25, 2020 in London, England. British parliament will be suspended tonight due to concerns about the spread of COVID... LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 25: Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQ's on March 25, 2020 in London, England. British parliament will be suspended tonight due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. It had previously been scheduled to break for Easter on March 31; it will tentatively sit again on April 21. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to at least 182 countries, claiming over 18,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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LONDON — Boris Johnson’s spokesman says the British prime minister is stable and responding to treatment for the coronavirus in the intensive care unit of a London hospital.

James Slack says Johnson continues to receive “standard oxygen treatment” and is breathing without any other assistance.

Johnson has spent two nights in the ICU of St. Thomas’ Hospital since being admitted Sunday. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 26 and still had a cough and fever 10 days later.

His spokesman declined to provide further details of Johnson’s treatment, saying Wednesday’s update “was given to us by St. Thomas’ Hospital and it contains all of the information which the PM’s medical team considers to be clinically relevant.”

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is standing in for Johnson while he is hospitalized.

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  1. Not ashamed to admit that I am cheering for the coronavirus in this instance.

  2. BoJo survives, and yet John Prine is gone…

    WTF, FSM?

  3. “standard oxygen treatment”

    Maybe he read Josh’s post yesterday

  4. Glad that the British Trump is stable in ICU…
    (Is there is facetious emoji?)
    Those 200 ventilators must have helped him have peace of mind…

    Those 200 ventilators ARE desperately needed by Americans
    AND was sent by the Covidiot Stable Genius who campaigned on America First
    BUT turns out, it is ME/MyCrimeFamily/CriminalCronies & BFFs first!

  5. Obesity is a huge contributing factor to virus deaths. Just saying, Boris.

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