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>>> BREAKING NEWS FROM LONDON.
NUMBER TEN DOWNING STREET
CONFIRMS REPORTS THAT PRIME
MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON HAS BEEN
ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL AS A
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THIS COMES 11 DAYS AFTER THE
INITIAL CONFIRMATION THAT HE HAS
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS.
BACK HERE, WE WANT TO -- BEFORE
WE GO THERE.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT’S
GOING ON WITH BORIS JOHNSON.
HE HAS LASTING SYMPTOMS.
THE HOSPITALS WILL BE CHECKING
HIM OUT.
HIM OUT. THEY THINK IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO
CHECK OUT THE PRIME MINISTER OF
THE UK IN PERSON BECAUSE HE HAS
THOSE PERSISTANT SYMPTOMS.
THEY SAY HE’S VERY MUCH IN
CHARGE OF THE COUNTRY.
WE SAW HIM BRIEFLY THIS MORNING
AS HE OPENED THE DOOR TO NUMBER
TEN.
TEN. HE SAID HE’S PLEADING WITH THE
BRITISH PUBLIC TO STAY HOME AND
TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
THERE’S BEEN SOME FRUSTRATION
AMONG SOME BRITISH OFFICIALS
THAT THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS NOT
TAKING IT AS SERIOUSLY AS THEY
SHOULD.
SHOULD. THEY ARE GOING OUT TO PARKS.
THEY ARE SUNBATHING AND THERE’S
A BIT TOO MUCH CROWDING GOING ON
IN PARKS.
IN PARKS. THERE’S NOW A THREAT THEY MIGHT
CLOSE THOSE PARKS AND STOP
PEOPLE FROM GOING OUTSIDE TO
EXERCISE AS THEY HAVE DONE IN
SPAIN AND ITALY.
JOINING US FROM LONDON IS CAL
PERRY.
PERRY. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE PRIME
MINISTER?
MINISTER? >>
>> >> ON MARCH 26th HE TESTED
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TEN DAYS.
WE HEARD FROM HIM VIA VIDEO
PHONE A FEW TIMES IN WHICH HE
SAID HE WISH HE COULD HAVE LEFT
HIS ISOLATION AFTER SEVEN DAYS
AND HE HAD A PERSISTANT FEVER.
THAT’S WHAT PUSHED DOCTORS TO
SAY IT’S BETTER IF YOU SAW
SOMEONE FACE-TO-FACE.
SOMEONE FACE-TO-FACE. THIS WAS A PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURE.
MEASURE. THEY ARE DOWN PLAYING THE
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. THEY SAY HE’S FULLY IN CONTROL.
A SIGN THAT HE HAS NOT GOTTEN
BETTER AT A TIMETABLE IN WHICH
HIS DOCTORS WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM
TO.
TO. WORTH MENTIONING, YOU MAY HAVE
DONE BUT I WAS DIALING IN.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN HIT ON
MANY FRONTS.
MANY FRONTS. THE HEALTH SECRETARY DOWN WITH
THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE CORONAVIRUS. THE CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER AND
HEALTH OFFICIAL WERE SORT OF
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS FOR A WEEK.
THEY WERE HIT BY THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. THE SOFTENN OF THE QUEEN AND WE
HEARD FROM THE QUEEN TONIGHT.
ONLY THE FIFTH TIME SHE HAS
CHOSEN TO ADDRESS THE NATION.
HE SON, THE FUTURE KING OF
ENGLAND STRUCK WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. IT SHOWS YOU UNDER THE PRESSURE
OF WHICH THIS GOVERNMENT IS
OPERATING.
OPERATING. >> I’M CONFUSED ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW HOW THE POWER LINE OF
SUCCESSION WORKS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. I’M NOT QUITE SURE HOW IT WORKS
IN THE UK.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A PRECAUTION
ACCORDING TO SOURCES WITHIN 10
DOWNING THAT HE’S OKAY AND STILL
IN CHARGE OF THE GOVRTERNMENT.
HE IS BEING ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED OUT.
IF THE SYMPTOMS GET WORSE AND
HE’S NOT FUNCTIONAL AS MAYBE HE
SHOULD BE TO RUN A GOVERNMENT,
WHO TAKES OVER?
>> MIKING GOV, THE DEFUNCT
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER.
WE WILL RUN INTO THE EXTENT OF
MY KNOWLEDGE IS NUMBER TWO
THERE.
THERE. WORTH MENTIONING THAT THESE
DAILY PRESSERS THAT ARE BEING
GIVEN HAVE BEEN ON A ROTATING
BASIS.
BASIS. WE HEARD FROM GOV YESTERDAY.
WE HOPED TO HEAR FROM HEALTH
SECRETARY EVERY DAY.
HE’S BEEN DOWN UNTIL VERY
RECENTLY, UNTIL ABOUT 4R88 HOURS
AGO.
AGO. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND IF THERE
NEEDED TO BE SOMEBODY OUT IN
FRONT OF THIS.
THE PRIME MINISTER MADE IT VERY
CLEAR HE WOULD CONTINUE TO
DIRECT THINGS FROM 11 DOWNING,
WHICH IS JUST NEXT DOOR WHERE HE
HAS BEEN UNDER QUARANTINE.
HE FASHIONS HIMSELF AND LOOKS UP
VERY MUCH TO WINSTON CHURCHILL.
ON BACKGROUND SOURCES AT TEN
DOWNING ARE SAYING HE’S STILL IN
CHARGE.
CHARGE. WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW
LONG HE’S IN HOSPITAL.
HE’S BEEN OFFICIALLY ADMITTED.
THEY CALL IT A PRECAUTION, THE
QUESTIONS LIKE THE ONES YOU JUST