British Prime Minister Boris <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/coronavirus-britain-s-boris-johnson-taken-into-intensive-care-as-condition-worsens-1.1002592">Johnson was in intensive care</a> on Monday after his condition worsened since contracting the coronavirus 11 days earlier. He is one of several ministers and coronavirus experts who have tested positive for the disease. On March 11, Health minister Nadine Dorries had coronavirus diagnosed. Mr Johnson announced on March 27 that he was <a href="https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/uk-parliament-coronavirus">isolating himself </a>after testing positive for coronavirus. On the same day, his chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty began isolation after experiencing coronavirus symptoms. Prof Whitty said on Twitter that he would be staying at home for seven days. Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed shortly after Mr Johnson that he had tested positive after experiencing "mild symptoms". Mr Hancock and Prof Whitty have both recovered. "The good news for me is I was lucky and it wasn't too bad," Mr Hancock told the BBC. He said the "vast majority" of people had mild symptoms "but unfortunately, as we know, for some people it's much more serious". On the evening of April 5, unable to shake the symptoms, Mr Johnson was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital suffering from a persistent cough and a fever. Downing Street initially said on Monday that Mr Johnson was in good spirits and still in charge.” About 7pm he was moved to an intensive care unit, where the most serious cases are treated, at St Thomas's Hospital, across the Thames from the Houses of Parliament in central London. His fiancee, Carrie Symonds, is pregnant with their first child and isolated herself after developing coronavirus symptoms.
