UK PM Boris Johnson moved out of intensive care, COVID-19 condition improves

Boris Johnson was said to be "in good spirits" after being moved out of intensive care after his COVID-19 condition improved. (Reuters/File Photo)
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Updated 10 April 2020
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UK PM Boris Johnson moved out of intensive care, COVID-19 condition improves

LONDON: The UK's prime minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care, his office said Thursday.

In a statement, a spokesman at 10 Downing Street said Johnson “has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery.”

Johnson had been in intensive care for three days after his symptoms for coronavirus worsened.

He tested positive for the virus two weeks ago and at first had only “mild” symptoms.

US President Donald Trump welcomed the news that Johnson had been moved out of intensive care and told him to “get well.”


Russia’s Taman port damaged by Ukrainian drone strike

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Russia’s Taman port damaged by Ukrainian drone strike

MOSCOW: Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman, which handles oil ​products, grain, coal and commodities, has been damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack, the governor of Russia’s Krasnodar region said on Sunday.
Two people were injured as an oil storage ‌tank, warehouse and ‌terminals took damage ​in ‌Volna ⁠village, ​the site ⁠of Taman port, Veniamin Kondratyev said in a post on Telegram.
Kondratyev said that more than 100 people were working to put out several fires at ⁠the port.
Separate strikes on ‌the resort ‌city of Sochi ​and the ‌village of Yurovka, close to the ‌seaside town of Anapa, had caused less significant damage, he added.
Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian energy ‌infrastructure in recent days after a US-brokered moratorium on such ⁠strikes expired.
Russia ⁠has repeatedly targeted energy and utility infrastructure in Ukraine, cutting off heating and electricity to hundreds of thousands of people in the midst of an unusually cold winter.
Industry sources said that about 4.16 million metric tons of oil products were ​shipped through Taman ​last year.