British PM Johnson will be back at work on Monday, office says
26 April, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at the job on Monday, a Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday, after having recovered from a case of coronavirus that sent him to intensive look after three nights in early April.
Johnson, 55, will need back control of a government under great pressure from the financial fallout of shutdowns targeted at curbing the spread of the highly infectious virus, in addition to a rising death toll.
By Saturday, Britain has recorded more than 20,000 deaths from COVID-19, the disease due to the virus.
Criticism keeps growing over the federal government response to the pandemic, with limited testing and shortages of protective equipment for medical staff and carers.
Johnson's stand-in leader Dominic Raab has faced questions over how Britain will ease the lockdown with out a deadly second wave of infections.
Britain's interior minister urged Britons to adhere to the lockdown rules previously Saturday. But many lawmakers want restrictions to be eased to strengthen the economy, which budget forecasters say could possibly be heading into its deepest recession in a lot more than 300 years.
Johnson was taken up to St Thomas's Hospital in central London experiencing COVID-19 symptoms on April 5, and spent April 6-9 in intensive care.
Source: www.thejakartapost.com
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