Prime Minister is spending a second
night in intensive care being treated
for coronavirus but Downing Street said
today he was in good spirits having been
admitted to hospital originally on
Sunday evening Dominic robbed the
foreign secretary who is deputizing for
the prime minister said mr johnson is in
a stable condition he's been given
oxygen but he's not on a ventilator the
Queen has sent a message of support to
mr. Johnson's family including his
partner Kerry Simon's who's expecting
their child now the latest official
figures on the spread of coronavirus
show that 786 have died in hospital that
is the highest reported so far for a
24-hour period but experts do say that
the growth in numbers is actually lower
than the predicted long-term trend and
it brings the total number of deaths in
UK hospitals to more than 6,000 the
government admitted today that the UK
could indeed learn lessons from Germany
on testing and on finding a way out of
the crisis well first let's join our
political editor Laura Kunz Berg at
Westminster okay when we talk this time
last night there was a real sense of
shock here in Westminster and I'm sure
around the country too it was only a
couple of hours that we've since we've
learned that the Prime Minister had been
moved to intensive care
struggling with the symptoms of
coronavirus now he's still in intensive
care tonight but I think is important to
note and to say that his symptoms have
not been getting worse it seems he has
not been deteriorating while in hospital
the government that said is insisting
that business is going on as much as
usual as possibly can be the government
machine is still wearing and ticking
away but still there are questions about
exactly how they are managing with the
leader absent it is still a time of
profound political and practical
pressure
nothing stops the spring but the
country's on pause not knowing how deep
this crisis will really cut if the Prime
Minister himself will recover after a
night for Boris Johnson in intensive
care
the foreign secretary in his place at
the lectern he remains stable overnight
he's receiving standard oxygen treatment
and breathing without any assistance
he's not required any mechanical
ventilation or non-invasive respiratory
support he's not just the Prime Minister
for all of us in cabinet he's not just
our boss he's also a colleague and he's
also our friend so all of our thoughts
and prayers are with the Prime Minister
at this time with Kerry and with his
whole family and I'm confident he'll
pull through because if there's one
thing I know about this Prime Minister
he's a fighter politicians in other
parts of the globe have been laid low
but Boris Johnson is the only world
leader needing this kind of emergency
care stable for now but in a fast-moving
situation hi folks quick update for me
on the last public glimpse of the prime
minister was on Friday own case although
I'm feeling better
obviously ill speaking from his flat
admitted to hospital on Sunday then into
intensive care last night behind
Whitehall's closed doors and empty
spaces the government's machine still
worse specific cabinet committees are
grappling with different challenges from
the crisis the civil service continues
whatever happens but many dilemmas are
ahead with the Prime Minister absent at
this vital time if there is a genuine
disagreement in the cabinet who actually
makes the decision decision-making by
government is made by collective cabinet
responsibilities so that is the same as
before but we've got very clear
directions very clear instructions from
the prime minister and we're focused
with total unity and total resolve on
implementing them
of course any prime minister is actually
the ultimate decision-maker
for Chancellor Rhee she soon icon mr.
Johnson's left would take the Foreign
Secretary's place if he fellow Michael
Gove on domina crabs right
the latest along with many Downing
Street staff stuck in isolation at home
but a rare appearance from the former
boss of this table sought to reassure
the infrastructure is there day by day
it's the infrastructure of the civil
service it's the infrastructure of a
Cabinet of Ministers and junior and then
of course junior ministers and there is
always somebody who if the Prime
Minister isn't available is able to step
into that place and lead that cabinet
government normal politics on hold our
thoughts are with the Prime Minister his
fiance and his family the Labour Party
will act in the national interest and
that's why I've offered to act
constructively with the government and
support them why that's the right thing
to do and push them further where we
need to do it I want to send every good
wish to him to his fiancée and to his
whole family we are all willing you on
Boris get Wilson a stressful and strange
moment of history an impromptu poster
taped to mr. Johnson's own hero get well
messages from the ward and from Windsor
the Queen sending her own message of
support to the Prime Minister's family
and his fiance expecting her first child
Boris Johnson Prime Minister politician
a partner and a father to Lawrenceburg
BBC news well patients suffering the
worst effects of coronavirus often need
admission to intensive care as the
disease attacks the lungs and a
ventilator is needed to take over the
patient's breathing Downing Street said
today that the Prime Minister was being
given oxygen but had not been placed on
a ventilator I hope that is to Hue p.m.
looks at what kind of treatment a
patient can expect when they are
admitted into intensive care
therefore the sickest patients intensive
care units in hospitals have
sophisticated monitoring equipment and
highly trained staff who were constantly
checking those in their care patients
will normally require an oxygen supply
sometimes with devices like this known
as si papa
he was positive airway pressure if their
condition worsens some patients will be
put on a mechanical ventilator to help
them breathe this involves the tube
inserted into the airway and the patient
will be sedated
reowww was in a hospital for an
operation and then was diagnosed with
kovat 19 she describes what it was like
to be an intensive care patient there
was a there was a point where I wasn't
sure if I would come out of the hospital
that was the tree sorry it was very hard
because I didn't even have the breath to
ask the questions the nurses the doctors
were by my side they thought everything
I needed before even I could think of it
I I owe them my life my situation
started to worsen again fares from
Bradford was another coronavirus patient
who was moved to an intensive care unit
and stayed there for five days
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the latest survey showed that the
average age was 64 Kovac patients in
intensive care
73% of men and 27% to women those were
the BMI over 25 defined as overweight or
obese made up 73% of the patients and
those who had to be put on a ventilator
within the first 24 hours accounted for
63% coronavirus patients who are still
very unwell after two weeks are most
likely to need intensive care and
that'll require at least a week in
hospital dr. Ron Daniels who heads the
sepsis trust is a
to call care consultant he says it can
take a long time to make a full recovery
those who've been critically unwell
enough to need to be on a ventilator
particularly if it's four more in a few
days which is the majority of patients
we shouldn't expect to see them return
to their full level of function for
several months after the illness this is
really going to hit people hard it all
depends patient experiences in intensive
care vary a lot but they're all there
because they're seriously ill Kuban BBC
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