London : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street, a month after being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus, to take charge of the UK’s response to the pandemic outbreak in the country that has claimed the lives of over 20,000 people.
The 55-year-old has been recuperating at his prime ministerial countryside retreat at Chequers in Buckinghamshire since he was discharged on April 12 and had put UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in charge as his deputy.
Johnson is expected to chair the regular morning Cabinet meeting on Covid-19 on Monday before holding talks with senior ministers and officials, the BBC reported.
Johnson arrived back at No 10 on Sunday evening, a month since he was diagnosed with the virus on March 27.
The prime minister is under immense pressure to start finalising plans to ease the severe social distancing restrictions in place at least until May 7, when the government is legally bound to review the lockdown measures.
The UK on Sunday reported 413 deaths, taking the total number of fatalities in the country’s hospitals to 20,732.
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