Stanley and Boris Johnson on a Tube train in 2018. British Prime minister Boris Johnson needs time to recover from the new coronavirus and is unlikely to be back at work soon, his father said today, as millions of Britons began an Easter holiday weekend in lockdown. His father said the prime minister needs to "rest up.'' "He has to take time,'' Stanley Johnson told the BBC. Acknowledging the seriousness of the prime minister's condition, Stanley Johnson said his son "almost took one for the team.''

Source: The Standard April 10, 2020 12:00 UTC