UK PM Johnson ‘Stable’ in Intensive Care, Needed Oxygen After COVID-19 Symptoms Worsened

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was stable in intensive care on Tuesday after receiving oxygen support to help him battle COVID-19.
UK PM Johnson ‘Stable’ in Intensive Care, Needed Oxygen After COVID-19 Symptoms Worsened
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during his first remote news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, in London, Britain, on March 25, 2020. Andrew Parsons/Pool via Reuters
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was stable in intensive care on Tuesday after receiving oxygen support to help him battle COVID-19, while his foreign minister led the government’s response to the accelerating outbreak.

The upheaval of Johnson’s personal battle with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus has shaken the government just as the United Kingdom enters what scientists say will be the most deadly phase of the pandemic.