Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab 'to deputise for him where necessary', according to a spokesperson.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets newly-elected Conservative MPs in Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster, central London on December 16, 2019. Picture: Leon Neal / POOL / AFP
Johnson was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London on Sunday with a temperature and a cough after testing positive for coronavirus on March 27, becoming the most high-profile world leader infected with the disease that has spread rapidly across the globe. Over 50,000 cases and more than 5,000 deaths have been recorded so far, with a latest daily toll of 439.
Housing minister Robert Jenrick told BBC television that the prime minister had been working “phenomenally hard” during the crisis, adding that he would be finding it “very frustrating” to be ill.
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