Coronavirus: Claims of power vacuum as PM battles COVID-19 while in intensive care
But it was plain from the PM's most recent video appearance, last Friday, that he was struggling to throw off the virus - and he was admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London on Sunday evening.
Mr Johnson has now spent a third night in hospital - and since a large part of the 55-year-old's stay has been spent in intensive care, Mr Raab's claim that Mr Johnson will soon be back leading the government's fight against coronavirus looks optimistic. Prompting alarm among Tory MPs, medical experts are claiming Mr Johnson may be off work for at least a month, and his recovery from the shock of a spell in intensive care may last until the summer.Professor Paul Hunter, an expert in infectious diseases at the University of East Anglia, told the Daily Mail:"If you have been sick enough to go on intensive care and you survive - and only about half of patients survive - clearly you will need some time to recover.
"I would expect most people who were that ill, to need at least a month or possibly two to be sufficiently back and to be able to function.
"A period of inactivity will have an effect on physical function, typically characterised by a loss in muscle mass and strength. It depends on how bad the duration and magnitude of illness was and it also depends on the quality and amount of time invested in rehabilitation."
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