LONDON – The experience of United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive six months ago, could signal what could come next, as news of President Donald Trump’s shock diagnosis spread in Covid-19.
Johnson, 55, Announced On March 27, at the height of the epidemic in the UK, he is suffering from “mild” symptoms and will self-destruct as he continues to work. He was considered to be the first world leader to confirm the signing of the Covid-19 agreement.
He kept in touch with ministers known as the “magicians of modern technology” and maintained control of 10 Downing Street, his official residence and personal office.
Johnson was then taken to a London hospital on April 6, on the advice of his doctor, before being placed in an intensive care unit. He spent a week in the hospital and received oxygen treatment, but was not placed on a ventilator. Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth II was informed of her condition.
Secretary of State Dominic Rabe, who took a stand in Johnson’s absence, told a news conference the next day that Johnson was still under government control – but he admitted he had not spoken to him before he was admitted to hospital.
Upon its release, and as he embarked on a period of well-being at his home across the English country, Johnson received praise for Hardick’s message in which he thanked the National Health Service. “Save my life“He could have gone anywhere,” Johnson said, referring to how serious his condition was. “
Johnson’s illness did not lead to an increase in government support, according to some predictions. As polling company YouGov pointed out on Friday, support increased four days before he fell ill.
It was not until April 27 that Johnson returned to work. Jones has denied media speculation that the illness has given him long-term symptoms, saying Tuesday he is “fit as a butcher’s dog.”
The UK has the highest number of Kovid-related deaths in Europe at more than 4,000, with a significantly smaller population than the previous countries on the list, making it the fifth worst-affected country in the world: Mexico, India, Brazil and the US.
Johnson’s illness was a wake-up call for Britons, many of whom were skeptical about the severity and threat of the virus.
And it was too slow to respond to the criticism that the UK was responding to the epidemic. Johnson was personally attacked for his vague behavior towards the virus: he boasted at a news conference on March 3 that he was shaking hands with people in a hospital full of coronavirus patients.
It later emerged that the government’s own scientific advisers had called for a public warning against private shaking at the time. A spokesman for the prime minister said he did not see advice.
Johnson, a staunch liberator who fought against the “goat state” in government interventions and newspaper columns and speeches, was reluctant to issue a national lockdown order.
Jeremy Hunt, a senior legislator from Johnson’s own Conservative party and former longtime health secretary, told the BBC on March 13 about the strict lockdown in Italy and other Europe, saying it was “surprising” and that we were not doing anything. On it all. “
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At the same time, Rory Stewart, a former Conservative legislator who led the UK’s response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa in 2019, said Johnson’s approach was “defeatist”.
“They say there’s no point in spending a lot of money trying to suppress this, instead they’re trying to manage the excess. We’re taking a lot of risk. I think it’s a risky thing to do. I don’t.” Think it can be managed that way if we let it spread. “
As pubs, rest restaurants, rentals and shops all announced closure, Johnson’s national proceedings were soon closed until the March 23 lockdown was confirmed.
Trump joins a growing list of current and former world leaders to infect the virus.
Brazilian President Jar Bolsonoro – who has denied the severity of the epidemic for months – announced his illness in July. Like Trump, he promoted the use of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to fight Covid-19. Brazil has the third highest number of coronavirus infections, reaching 5 million.
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez announced in June that he and his wife had tested positive, and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammette tested positive in September.
In Europe, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, tested positive in March, as did the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, French politician Michel Barnier.
