Boris ‘sounds worryingly breathless’ in his first press conference after recovery
People watching raised concerns for Boris Johnson, who had to spend several days in intensive care suffering from the disease.
The prime minister appeared to be ‘breathless’ at points during his first press conference back after recovering from coronavirus.
People watching raised concerns for Boris Johnson, who had to spend several days in intensive care suffering from the disease.
Piers Morgan wrote on Twitter: ‘Boris sounds worryingly breathless.’
Meanwhile, Daily Mirror associate editor Kevin Maguire said: ‘Johnson looks and sounds unwell, breathless and struggling. Reckless not heroic to be at a podium instead of in bed.’
Journalist Christina Patterson wrote: ‘He doesn’t look well. He doesn’t sound well. He’s breathless. Horrible disease and I certainly won’t be rushing out to catch it, thanks.’
During the press conference, some noted he appeared to sound better as the briefing went on.
‘He has improved throughout the session and great to see him so animated,’ one Twitter user wrote.
Lizzie Jack added: ‘Yes he’s definitely got better now. No breathless and full flow. Me too he’s a fab leader. Courage in his convictions. Gives me much confidence in the situation.’
During the press conference, Mr Johnson told the country: ‘I’m sorry not to have been part of this trio for so long.
‘I want to thank everybody who has been doing such a good job in my absence and I want to thank the NHS for so much, including getting me back here and I might add, a very much happier hospital visit yesterday.’
He announced that the country had come past the peak of the disease and ‘can now see the sunlight ahead of us’.
He said: ‘It’s thanks to that massive collective effort to shield the NHS that we avoided an uncontrollable and catastrophic epidemic – where the reasonable worst case scenario was 500,000 deaths.
‘And so I can confirm today that for the first time, we are past the peak of this disease. We are past the peak and we are on the downward slope.’
He said that we will get more information next week about how the lockdown will ease: ‘I will be setting out a comprehensive plan next week to explain how we can get our economy moving, how we can our children back to school and childcare, and how we can travel to work and make life in the workplace safer.’
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