Downing Street rejects claims it downplayed severity of Johnson's illness
A billboard van outside St Thomas' Hospital in Central London where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care as his coronavirus symptoms persist
BORIS JOHNSON’S spokesman today rejected claims that the government had downplayed the severity of the Prime Minister’s worsening coronavirus symptoms.
Downing Street said that Mr Johnson was “stable” after being admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital on Sunday and then spending Monday night in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, the PM’s his effective deputy, is now standing in for him.
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