Johnson, 55, will take back control of a government under pressure from the economic fallout of shutdowns aimed at curbing the spread of the highly infectious virus, as well as a rising death toll. As of Saturday, Britain has recorded more than 20,000 deaths from Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. Johnson’s stand-in leader Dominic Raab has faced questions over how Britain will ease the lockdown without a deadly second wave of infections. Britain’s interior minister urged Britons to stick to the lockdown rules earlier on Saturday. Johnson was taken to St Thomas’s Hospital in central London suffering from Covid-19 symptoms on April 5, and spent April 6-9 in intensive care.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 25, 2020 22:07 UTC