Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary says the PM is in "good spirits" while being treated for coronavirus.
Dominic Raab hosts the daily coronavirus conference as Boris Johnson “continues to improve” in intensive care for a fourth day. The foreign secretary is expected to give an update on plans surrounding lockdown measures past Easter as the UK tries to ease the pressure on the NHS.
The prime minister has now spent three nights in intensive care being treated for coronavirus.
The prime minister was diagnosed with coronavirus 11 days ago.
With the country in its third week of lockdown, there are some monumental decisions looming.
With prime minister Boris Johnson sick in hospital with coronavirus, foreign secretary Dominic Raab has been deputised to take on some of the PMs responsibilities. Raab left his job as a lawyer, entering politics in 2010 as an MP. He has only spent three years as front bencher since he first took a role as Brexit Secretary in Theresa May’s 2017 cabinet. He has drawn criticism for some of his comments around feminists, welfare and disability rights.
Foreign secretary wishes PM a speedy recovery and insists cabinet is governing by collective responsibility.
Following Boris Johnson’s admission to the intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened yesterday, foreign secretary Dominic Raab hosts the daily coronavirus briefing in his place. He is expected to be joined by England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty and government’s chief scientific advisor Sir Patrick Vallance.
The prime minister is ‘the first amongst equals’; in practice Raab will still be a minister among equals, writes Catherine Haddon.
Boris Johnson remains in intensive care with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab standing in for him. Despite the massive population in China and coronavirus originating there, crowds flocked to popular sites over their holiday weekend when lockdown measures were lifted. Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar is putting pause on politics and returning to his former job as a general practitioner and Japan will declare a state of emergency in parts of the country after a spike in infections.