Lord and order! Preacher is questioned by police outside St Thomas’s Hospital where Boris Johnson remains in intensive care with coronavirus
- Bizarre scenes outside St Thomas’s Hospital show a preacher being moved on
- The man, dressed in all white, was given a telling off by two police officers
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care at the London hospital
A preacher has was questioned by police in bizarre scenes outside St Thomas’s Hospital, where Boris Johnson remains in intensive care.
The man, dressed in all white, appeared to be given a yelling by officers as he posed with a smart phone on a selfie stick.
It is unclear why the preacher was stopped by officers, who led him away from the hospital despite his protests.
There was a heavy police presence outside the building, where the Prime Minister remains in intensive care.
A preacher is questioned by the police outside St Thomas’ Hospital in Westminster in central London where Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care
Mr Johnson is making ‘steady progress’, Downing Street said tonight, in his battle against coronavirus
Mr Johnson is making ‘steady progress’, Downing Street said tonight.
A spokesman said: ‘The Prime Minister continues to make steady progress. He remains in intensive care.’
However, there are fears that even the best outcome from his coronavirus struggle will see him out of action for weeks, with experts warning he could need a ‘phased return’ to work.
Today, at the government’s daily press conference, MailOnline asked Chancellor Rishi Sunak about Mr Johnson’s care in Downing Street and officials’ social distancing prior to his isolation.
But the Chancellor instead focused on the care he has received in hospital.
He said: ‘I think the Prime Minister has received excellent care and advice every step of the process.
The man, in all-white, was given a dressing down by police officer before being moved on
There was a heavy police presence outside the building, where the Prime Minister remains in intensive care
‘At the end of the day, we’re all trying our absolute best, none of us are superhuman and impervious to getting sick during this process and that’s what makes this whole thing so awful for all of us. But as I’ve observed and seen, the advice, the care has been excellent, not just beforehand but especially now at St Thomas’.’
Prof Stephen Powis, the NHS England medical director, added: ‘I’m absolutely confident the Prime Minister has and is receiving excellent medical care.
‘I’m not his physician, he will have been advised by his own doctors, but I do know colleagues at St Thomas’ Hospital, in fact a couple of weeks ago I took the opportunity to visit St Thomas’ Hospital, visit some of the critical care consultants, and I can’t tell you how impressed I was.’
But they declined to discuss the medical care Mr Johnson had received before he entered hospital.
The UK’s coronavirus outbreak is slowing, Government experts say – despite the death toll jumping by a record high of 938, overtaking Italy’s worst-ever day (919) during its COVID-19 crisis.
Official figures show the number of Britons who have died in hospital after testing positive for the life-threatening illness is now 7,097 – more than double the tally of China, where the pandemic began in December.
But Number 10’s deputy chief scientific adviser Professor Angela McLean reassured Britons that the outbreak was not ‘out of control’, pointing to the figures showing the deceleration of hospital admissions and cases and calling it ‘good news’.
Department of Health data shows the number of cases increased by 5,491 today, meaning at least 60,733 Britons have been infected since the outbreak began spreading between humans on UK soil in February.