U.K.’s Johnson Moved Out of Intensive Care as Condition Improves

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care as his condition improves, his office said.

Johnson remains in the hospital “where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery,” his office said in an emailed statement on Thursday evening. “He is in extremely good spirits.”

Johnson, 55, announced he was isolating with coronavirus on March 27, and was admitted to St. Thomas’s hospital in London on April 5 after struggling to shake off the symptoms. He was moved to intensive care the following evening when his condition worsened, and was given oxygen but not put on a ventilator.

The U.K. has no formal chain of command if a prime minister is incapacitated, but Johnson had nominated Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him in his absence.

It could still be some time before Johnson can leave hospital or is returned to full health.

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