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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘stable’ and receiving oxygen treatment

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in stable condition on Tuesday afternoon after being taken to a hospital intensive care unit with the coronavirus, a Downing Street spokesman said.

Johnson is receiving oxygen treatment, he added, but is not on a ventillator.

“The prime minister has been stable overnight and remains in good spirits. He is receiving standard oxygen treatment and is breathing without any other assistance,” said the PM’s spokesman, James Slack.

Johnson was moved to the `ICU on Monday a day after he was hospitalised due to COVID-19. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus more than a week ago.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has taken over Johnson’s duties while he is being treated at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London.

The UK death toll from coronavirus has risen to 6,159.

Britain’s Department of Health and Social Care announced that as of 9am on 7 April, 266,694 tests have been carried out. A total of 55,242 people have tested positive.
04.07.2020 14:46 GMT

EU will raise more than €15 billion to fight coronavirus, says Ursula von der Leyen

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says that the European Union will secure more than €15 billion to help fight the deadly coronavirus.

“It is in our interest to ensure that the fight is successful worldwide,” von der Leyen said on Twitter.

“By standing united and working together, we can defeat this virus.”

04.07.2020 12:39 GMT

More than 100 deaths in Sweden in last 24 hours

Sweden’s health agency has reported 114 deaths from coronavirus over the last 24 hours.
The agency said the number comes partly from revised figures for the last few days.
Sweden has adopted a much less restrictive approach to containing the virus than the majority of its neighbours, and with 591 deaths from 7,693 cases it counts a higher mortality rate than its Nordic neighbours.
04.07.2020 12:12 GMT

Boris Johnson “stable” and in “good spirits”

“The prime minister has been stable overnight and remains in good spirits. He is receiving standard oxygen treatment and is breathing without any other assistance,” said Johnson’s spokesman, James Slack.

He said Johnson was not receiving mechanical ventilation or “noninvasive respiratory support.” He would not give details of what form of oxygen treatment the prime minister was getting.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has taken over many of Johnson’s duties temporarily while he is being treated
04.07.2020 10:59 GMT

More than 75,000 COVID-19 deaths worldwide

As of midday Tuesday, global COVID-19 deaths passed the 75,000 mark, with more than 1.3 million cases confirmed worldwide.
Nearly three quarters of those deaths have been in Europe, where Italy and Spain have the highest (16,523) and second highest (13,798) death tolls respectively.
The number of diagnosed cases reflects only a fraction of the actual number of infections, with many countries now testing only a fraction of the total number of cases.
04.07.2020 10:32 GMT

EU response to coronavirus crisis “poor” – Irish PM Varadkar

Europe’s response to the Corona virus has been “poor” and uncoordinated, and now is the time for “solidarity”, says Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar.

“This is a symmetric recession – it’s affecting everyone, if ever there was a time for Europe to have a coordinated common response based on solidarity it is now,” he told Euronews.

Ireland, alongside several eurozone countries including Italy, Spain, Portugal and France, has called for the creation of Corona bonds – a form of joint risk and debt issuance among countries that use the Euro.

However, he admits debt mutualisation “is not something that all member states can accept” and says the eurozone’s bailout mechanism the ESM should be modernised and provide cheap money to member states.

04.07.2020 10:23 GMT

More world leaders wish Johnson a speedy recovery

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has wished Boris Johnson a “speedy recovery”.
Meanwhile Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to Johnson, saying: “I would like to express my sincere support at this difficult moment for you. I am sure that your energy, optimism and sense of humor will help to defeat the disease. I sincerely wish you a speedy and complete recovery.”

04.07.2020 10:21 GMT

Paris tightens lockdown measures

Paris has announced a ban on all individual sports activities in the city between 10:00 am and 7:00 pm from Wednesday.
The capital is the first city in France to tighten containment measures after the government’s call on Monday evening not to relax efforts to combat the coronavirus, which has caused nearly 9,000 deaths in the country.
Paris has tightened its coronavirus lockdown
04.07.2020 10:16 GMT

Michael Gove self-isolating

UK Cabinet Minister Michael Gove has gone into self-isolation, after a family member showed symptoms of COVID-19. This morning he was updating the media about the condition of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is in intensive care in hospital.

04.07.2020 09:47 GMT
Spain sees deaths and new cases rise again
On Monday Spain saw its fourth consecutive day of decreasing daily number of new cases, and the third day in a row of decreasing daily deaths, but today that trend has ended.
The Ministry of Health has just released the figures for Tuesday, and new cases and deaths are again on the rise. It reported 5,478 new cases in the last 24 hours, as opposed to 4,273 on Monday, and 743 dead, as opposed to 637. There have now been more than 140,000 confirmed cases in Spain, and 13,798 deaths – the world’s second highest tally after Italy.

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