Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital after Coronavirus treatment

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19 at Chequers, his official country residence, his Downing Street office said in a statement on Sunday.

Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas' Hospital in central London on April 5, suffering from persistent symptoms of the disease caused by the new coronavirus. On April 6 he was moved into intensive care, where he remained until April 9.

"On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work. He wishes to thank everybody at St Thomas' for the brilliant care he has received," an official statement said.

In his first comments since leaving intensive care, Johnson said he owed his life to hospital staff.

"I can't thank them enough. I owe them my life," he said in comments that were released to journalists and confirmed by his office on Sunday.

His pregnant fiancee, Carrie Symonds, who has also suffered from COVID-19 symptoms, thanked National Health Service staff in a series of tweets shortly after the Downing Street statement on



Johnson being discharged.

"There were times a week ago that were exceptionally dim without a doubt. My heart goes out to each one of those in comparable circumstances, concerned about their friends and family," she said. 

While Johnson has been down and out, his clergymen have gone under mounting strain to clarify why the national loss of life is rising so quick. 

England has detailed two days straight of medical clinic passings expanding by in excess of 900 individuals. Friday's loss of life of 980 outperformed the most elevated recorded in a solitary day in Italy, the hardest hit nation in Europe up until this point.

The British government has had to defend its response, which has included carrying out far less testing than in some other European countries and ordering a lockdown that came comparatively late. Ministers have also resisted apologising for a shortage of protective gear for hospital staff.

In a sign of the gravity of the emergency, Queen Elizabeth issued her second rallying message in a week, telling the nation that "coronavirus will not overcome us".