British PM Johnson moved to intensive care
Team Udayavani, Apr 7, 2020, 7:48 AM IST
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care Monday, April 6 when his condition worsened in a battle with the COVID-19, as the death toll from the pandemic hit grim new highs in Europe and the United States.
Johnson, the most prominent victim yet of the pandemic, deputized his foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, to stand in for him, but remained conscious according to Downing Street.
The setback came as the death toll from the virus jumped in Western Europe and soared past 10,000 in the United States taking the global toll above 74,600, out of more than 1.32 million confirmed cases.
In somber warnings from both sides of the Atlantic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Union was facing its “biggest test,” while US officials said Americans should prepare for an ordeal comparable to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Signs of a possible turnaround in Europe where daily virus tolls have been falling were dampened by a record new surge of 833 deaths in France on Monday, as well as 636 in Italy.
“We have not reached the end,” said France’s health minister, Olivier Veran.
Britain’s 55-year-old prime minister had been admitted to hospital on Sunday after testing positive for new coronavirus on March 27 and self-isolating in his Downing Street flat.
Johnson was transferred into intensive care as the country’s death toll topped 5,000 an increase of 400 in a day.
“Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital,” said a Downing Street statement.
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