Mr Johnson was said to be ‘raring to go’ after spending the past two weeks recuperating
The Prime Minister will resume charge of the Government’s response to coronavirus when he returns to Downing Street after a spell in intensive care recovering from the disease.
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’. However, scientists advising the Government on its response warned it was far too soon to consider any relaxation, as the official death toll for the UK passed 20,000.
His main concern while he has been away was said to have been to ensure the lockdown conditions were kept in place long enough to prevent a second wave of the pandemic hitting the country. ‘However, if we lifted the lockdown now, the testing and tracing system would be overwhelmed. We will have to get case numbers down a lot lower than they are now before we can think of lifting current regulations.’
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