Boris Johnson arrives back at Downing Street ahead of his return to work
He will chair the morning 'war cabinet' meeting tomorrow.
Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street ready to start working again tomorrow.
His official car was pictured as it left Chequers today, the country residence where the PM has been recuperating from coronavirus near Ellesborough, north-west of London.
A Downing Street source said he was now back at Number 10. He is due to chair the morning meeting of the Government’s coronavirus ‘war cabinet’ tomorrow.
It comes after he had to spend several days in intensive care battling the virus which has swept the world.
Mr Johnson was said to be ‘raring to go’ after spending the past two weeks recuperating, though allies warn he is still suffering with the effects of often deadly Covid-19.
A source close to the PM told the Mail: ‘It will be a while before he is working 14-hour days again.’
Mr Johnson has not been in constant contact with the public during his recovery, nor has he been in charge of decision making.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Mr Johnson was ‘definitely on the mend in a big way’.
While US President Donald Trump said Mr Johnson ‘sounded incredible, he was ready to go… it’s like the old Boris, tremendous energy, tremendous drive’ after a phone call between the two leaders.
Mr Johnson returns to No 10 on a part-time basis initially, amid growing pressure from senior Conservatives to begin easing lockdown and growing dismay at the damage it is causing to the economy.
But Mr Raab, who has been standing in for the Prime Minister while he recovered from the disease, said the Government would proceed ‘cautiously’ in order to avoid a second peak in the outbreak.
‘We are at a delicate and dangerous stage,’ he told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme.
‘We need to make sure that the next steps are sure-footed, which is why we are proceeding very cautiously and we are sticking to the scientific advice.’
He was backed by the NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis, who said while the number of patients in hospital with the disease was continuing to fall, it could easily pick back up if the restrictions were relaxed.
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