Boris Johnson

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will follow medical advice on when he should return to work, his spokesman said on Monday, declining to speculate on how long his full recovery from the coronavirus might take. “He was only released from hospital yesterday and any decisions which he…

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from a hospital Sunday after spending a week battling COVID-19 there, a Downing Street spokesperson said. Johnson was admitted to St. Thomas’ Hospital in London last Sunday and transferred a…

January 31: Chief medical officer Chris Whitty announces the first two UK cases.Public Health England says it is tracing people who have been in contact.Whitty says: “The NHS is extremely well prepared and used to managing infections, and we are already working rapidly to identify any contacts the patients had…

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week as people react to the spread of the coronavirus. Image copyright Rungroj Yongrit / EPA-EFE Image caption A nurse puts face shields on newborn babies as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic at Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi, Thailand. Image…

Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock holds the Covid-19 Digital Press Conference with Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Jonathan Van Tam and Chief Nurse, Ruth May in 10 Downing Street, London, Britain April 10, 2020. Pippa Fowles/No 10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is functioning efficiently in…

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not had any contact with his deputy, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, since he stepped in to fill Johnson’s role, Raab said on Thursday, adding that he has enough power to make key decisions without his boss. Asked whether he had spoken…

LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab led a nationwide show of appreciation for health service workers on Thursday, standing in for his boss, Prime Minister Boris Johnson. NHS workers applaud outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS as the…

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a third night in intensive care with COVID-19 complications but is improving and able to sit up as his government prepares to discuss how to review its most stringent shut down in the peacetime history. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris…

Boris Johnson. REUTERS/Toby Melville Boris Johnson’s condition is improving after two nights on oxygen support in intensive care, and the British Prime Minister can now sit up in bed and talk with hospital staff, said the UK's finance minister Rishi Sunak Wednesday. The 55-year-old British leader has not been put…

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the novel coronavirus, in London, Britain March 3, 2020. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is responding to treatment in intensive care at a central London hospital, his spokesman said on Wednesday,…