Unic Press UK: UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, told The Sun on Sunday that in the course of his recent battle against the dreaded disease COVID-19, there were contingency plans on how to deal with his death, including doctors being prepared to announce his death should that be the case.
“It was a tough old moment, I won’t deny it. They had a strategy to deal with a ‘death of Stalin’-type scenario. I was not in particularly brilliant shape and I was aware there were contingency plans in place. The doctors had all sorts of arrangements for what to do if things went badly wrong. They gave me a face mask so I got litres and litres of oxygen and for a long time I had that and the little nose jobbie. It was hard to believe that in just a few days my health had deteriorated to this extent. I remember feeling frustrated. I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t getting better. But the bad moment came when it was 50-50 whether they were going to have to put a tube down my windpipe. That was when it got a bit . . . they were starting to think about how to handle it presentationally. It was thanks to some wonderful, wonderful nursing that I made it. They really did it and they made a huge difference. I can’t explain how it happened. I don’t know . . . it was just wonderful to see the . . . ”
UK COVID-19 Case Update As of 9.00 Hrs GMT on 3 May
As of 9am 3 May, there have been 1,206,405 tests, with 76,496 tests on 02 May.
882,343 people have been tested of which 186,599 tested positive.
As of 5pm on 02 May, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 28,446 have sadly died. pic.twitter.com/801yyNWcr3
— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) May 3, 2020
