Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after recovering from Covid-19
Johnson arrived back in No 10 this evening.
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Johnson arrived back in No 10 this evening.
Peter Flanagan says the UK is merely catching up on the terrible reality of Covid-19.
A report in the Sunday Times claims the prime minister missed five meetings of the key Cobra committee in the run-up to the outbreak.
In total, over 12,000 people have now died from the virus.
The British Prime Minister was moved to intensive care earlier in the week after his condition worsened.
More than 20 NHS staff are believed to have died from Covid-19.
The World Health Organization previously said it could take 12 to 18 months for a vaccine to be developed.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the daily No 10 news conference that as of Thursday there had been 8,958 hospital deaths from the disease.
The UK is warning people not to flout pandemic restrictions over the Easter weekend.
Johnson has spent three nights in ICU after contracting the coronavirus.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for Boris Johnson while he is in hospital, will chair an emergency meeting today.
The UK’s Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the Prime Minister has been ‘engaging positively’ with medics.
Authorities across the UK are warning it is too early to consider lifting the restrictions in place on the general population.
Johnson was said to be in good spirits as he remained in intensive care with coronavirus.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab provided the public with an update on Johnson’s condition this afternoon.
Dominic Raab is deputising for Boris Johnson, but it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will “deputise where necessary” while the prime minister is in intensive care.
The UK government’s coronavirus meeting was chaired today by Dominic Raab.
Downing Street released a statement this evening.
A leading pandemic modeller in the UK has said Britain had “painted itself into a corner” with no clear exit strategy from the coronavirus crisis.
The Queen is set to address the nation over the crisis on Sunday night.
Matt Hancock announced plans to test 100,000 people per day by the end of the month.
The Zoom Meeting ID number was visible in screenshot from the video conference which was posted to Twitter.
Peter Flanagan says Covid-19 has stripped Johnson of his dreams of a clean Brexit legacy.
The Northern Ireland Executive also announced a raft of new measures last night.
More than 120,000 coronavirus tests have taken place, with more than 17,000 positive results.
Johnson said he would still lead the ‘national fightback’ against Covid-19.
Irish people in London describe the mood in the city, which is now facing a major lockdown to tackle coronavirus.
The prime minister said last night that people can travel to work “only where this is absolutely necessary”.
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct stores will not reopen until ‘given the go-ahead by the Government’.
Johnson made the announcement in an address to the nation from within No 10 Downing Street yesterday evening.
After reports of the public flouting social distancing guidelines, the pressure is on Boris Johnson to take tougher action on the coronavirus.
Restrictions will be reviewed on monthly basis.
Schools across the UK will close from Friday until further notice for all pupils except children of key workers and the most vulnerable.
The British prime minister also advised people to stop all non-essential travel.
“Their view really is to let this fire burn, and they will try and damp it down where they can,” Dr Gabriel Scally said today.
Britain is becoming more seriously affected by the illness and the Hornets boss has not been impressed with the Prime Minister’s handling of it.
UK announcement follows a spate of sporting cancellations in Ireland and across Europe.
The British Prime Minister has been criticised over his failure to visit areas when waters were at their peak.
British police will concentrate on responding to serious crimes under a ‘reasonable worst case scenario’.