British PM in intensive care as virus toll soars

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Johnson has deputised his foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, to stand in for him, but remained conscious according to Downing Street.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care Monday as his condition worsened in a battle with the coronavirus, as the death toll from the pandemic hit grim new highs in Europe and the United States.

Signs of a possible turnaround in Europe -- where daily virus tolls have been falling -- were dampened by a surge in deaths in both France and Italy on Monday, a record 833 in France, and 636 in Italy. "Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital," said a Downing Street statement.There was also no evident respite in the United States, which has the world's highest number of recorded cases.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the country's hospitals face a"critical situation" with a rapid increases of new.

 

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