Updated
April 07, 2020 09: 19: 28
That the leader of one of the most powerful nations and largest economies in the world is now in intensive care with worsening symptoms of coronavirus is extraordinary.
Downing Street says Boris Johnson’s condition worsened over the course of Monday afternoon, and his medical team advised that he be moved to ICU at St Thomas’ Hospital in central London.
That decision would not have been taken lightly.
Downing Street had spent the past 10 days assuring the public that the Prime Minister was fit to govern and had “mild” symptoms of COVID-19.
The word “mild” was dropped in recent days.
Just hours before he