'Boris Johnson must rest up after moved from intensive care unit' says UK PM’s father

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson “must rest up” after he was moved from intensive care with coronavirus, his father said on Friday. The Prime Minister was admitted to the St Thomas’ Hospital in London on Sunday, on the advice of his doctor, after continuing to have a cough and high temperature 10 days after testing positive for the virus, the BBC reported. The Prime Minister was given oxygen before being taken to intensive care on Monday. On Thursday night, Downing Street said that Boris Johnson “has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery”

Speaking to the BBC on Friday, the Prime Minister’s father Stanley Johnson, said: “He took one for the team and we’ve got to make sure we play properly now.”

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