Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital. After being moved out of intensive care on Thursday, the Prime Minister is now well enough to leave hospital to begin his recovery at Chequers. A No. 10 spokesman said:
The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery, at Chequers. On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work. He wishes to thank everybody at St Thomas’ for the brilliant care he has received. All of his thoughts are with those affected by this illness.
On the release of the news, Johnson’s fiance Carrie Symonds took to social media to thank NHS staff. She said ‘there were times last week that were very dark indeed’.
Johnson will not return to work yet – and there is little expectation of him doing so in the near future. After his symptoms persisted and escalated while he tried to work while ill, those around him are adamant that this time around he must take proper time out.
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