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The Prime Minister is intensive care while he fights coronavirus.

Boris Johnson was moved to the critical unit at St Thomas’ Hospital on Monday evening as part of his ongoing treatment for Covid-19.

The Foreign Secretary is also expected to take charge of Boris Johnson’s Red Box of daily briefings after he was transferred to intensive care.

The Prime Minister is understood to be conscious and was moved as a precaution should he require ventilation to aid his recovery.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who last spoke to Mr Johnson on Saturday, will deputise for the PM.

The Foreign Secretary has spent much of the last month trying to get Britons repatriated from various far-flung corners of the globe.

The PM was described as a ‘fighter’ as the political world united to wish him a speedy recovery.

Doctors’ Association UK said over 500 reports were received on Sunday from 193 trusts and GP practices.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will deputise, Downing Street said.

The call comes after Watford General Hospital declared a critical incident on Saturday due to an issue with its oxygen equipment.

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Toby Marriott said his nephew Ralph is ‘the friendliest toddler you’d ever wish to meet’.

Mr Russell has now written again to Mr Gove to restate the Scottish Government’s case.

Professor Chris Whitty told reporters that tests become “more accurate as time goes by”.

There is a shortage of masks and the ones available should be prioritised for frontline health workers.

The funds are from the UK’s corporate financing facility to help firms during the coronavirus pandemic.

Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab says Boris Johnson is still in charge despite remaining under observation at St Thomas’s