As Britai­n’s COVID-19 death toll neared 10,000, the fifth highes­t nation­al number global­lyLONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owes his life to the staff of Britain’s state-run National Health Service, in his first comments since being released from intensive care for treatment for COVID-19. Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas’s Hospital in central London a week ago, suffering from persistent symptoms of the disease caused by the new coronavirus. On April 6 he was moved into intensive care, where he remained until April 9. I owe them my life,” Johnson said of the staff at the hospital, which is just across the River Thames from the Houses of Parliament. Britain’s COVID-19 death toll neared 10,000 on Saturday, the fifth highest national number globally, after officials reported another 917 hospital deaths.

Source: The Express Tribune April 12, 2020 08:26 UTC