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Board of Deputies wishes Boris Johnson 'full and speedy recovery' after PM is taken to intensive care

Prime minister's condition worsened on Monday, 10 days after he contracted coronavirus

April 6, 2020 20:26
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during a daily press conference at 10 Downing Street on March 20
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The Board of Deputies has joined other leading communal figures in wishing Prime Minister Boris Johnson ''a full and speedy recovery'' after he was put into intensive care with coronavirus

Downing Street confirmed the PM's condition deteriorated on Monday after he was initially admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London the previous evening. He contracted the virus 10 days ago.

In a statement, the Board said: "We have been sorry to learn the Prime Minister's condition has worsened and that he has been moved to intensive care.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with him and we wish him a refuah shelaima umehaira - a full and speedy recovery."