U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Returns to Work Three Weeks After Being Hospitalized With Coronavirus
Johnson gave a briefing from outside Downing Street to mark his return on Monday morning, apologizing for “being away from his desk” and saying that the fight against coronavirus was the biggest single challenge the country has faced since the Second World War.
However, he warned that the U.K. is at the point of “maximum risk” with regards to COVID-19, and that he would not “throw away the sacrifice of the British people” by easing lockdown restrictions too quickly. “I know it is tough. I want to get the economy moving as fast as I can,” he said. “But I refuse to throw away the sacrifice of the British people…and risk a second peak.”
The prime minister’s return to work comes amid mounting pressure from British legislators and businesses to gradually begin lifting lockdown measures. However, scientists and health workers fear that easing restrictions too soon could spark an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Observers argue that Johnson’s own coronavirus experience will strongly shape his views on how to deal with easing the lockdown, and his sense of caution about relaxing restrictions was evident from his remarks this morning.
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