Infected with the coronavirus Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care, he is breathing independently

Infected with the coronavirus Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care, said April 8 Teleradiokompaniya BBC , citing a statement from the office of the Prime Minister.

The status of Johnson’s stable, he’s breathing on his own.

The politician treated at St. Thomas hospital in London.

Coronavirus Johnson was confirmed on March 27, he was in residence at Downing street in isolation.

The evening of 5 April the British Prime Minister was hospitalized. In the office of policy emphasized that he went to the hospital on the advice of a physician as a precaution: the Johnson about 10 days there were high fever and cough. On 6 April the head of the British government was transferred to intensive care.

April 7, the speaker policy, said he receives regular oxygen therapy.

Johnson became the first leader of a major power, infected with a coronavirus infection. His responsibilities now temporarily takes foreign Minister of the UK Dominic Raab.

As at 8 April in the UK confirmed infection with coronavirus 55 242 people, of which 6159 died, the newspaper reported Daily Express.

Flash coronavirus infection COVID-19 began in China in December 2019. March 11, the world health organization declared the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to data from the American Johns Hopkins University, the total number of infected people in the world surpassed 1.4 million people, including more than 301 thousand recovered, 82 and 172 died. The UK now ranks eighth in the world in the number of infected and the fifth – the number of deaths.