10天前，英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊因冠状病毒检测呈阳性而住院。
在周日的一份声明中，一名唐宁街发言人表示，“根据他的医生的建议，首相今晚已被送进医院接受检查。”
这位发言人补充道:“这是一个预防措施，因为总理在病毒检测呈阳性后十天内仍有持续的冠状病毒症状。”。“首相感谢英国国民健康服务体系工作人员的辛勤工作，并敦促公众继续听从政府的建议，呆在家里，保护英国国民健康服务体系，拯救生命。”
约翰逊的住院不是急诊。鉴于首相的症状已经持续了10多天，他的医生认为他接受检查和亲自检查是明智的。
唐宁街衰落了新闻周刊要求提供更多信息。
现年55岁的约翰逊于3月27日宣布自己的检测结果呈阳性，他一直在唐宁街10号隔壁的家中进行自我隔离。尽管他的体温仍然很高，但据报道，他的病情最近几天有所好转。
据唐宁街10号报道，尽管约翰逊生病了，但他仍然掌管着英国政府。如果总理的病情恶化，外交部长多米尼克·拉布将接替他的职务。
约翰逊周五在推特上分享了一段视频，在这段视频中，他向全国介绍了自己的健康状况。“虽然我感觉好多了，而且我已经隔离了七天，唉，我还是有一个症状——一个小症状。我还有点发烧，”他说。“因此，根据政府的建议，我必须继续自我隔离，直到症状消失。”
周日，在约翰逊住院的消息宣布前不久，女王伊丽莎白二世向全国发表了一次罕见的电视讲话。这位93岁的君主在温莎城堡的白色客厅发表讲话，敦促公民在冠状病毒大流行的情况下实行自律，并向公众保证“如果我们保持团结和坚定，那么我们将战胜它。”
这是她执政68年来发表的第五次国家危机演讲。
“我是在我所知道的越来越具有挑战性的时刻和你说话的，”她说。“我们国家生活中的混乱时期；这种混乱给一些人带来了悲痛，给许多人带来了财政困难，给我们所有人的日常生活带来了巨大变化。”
根据约翰·霍普金斯大学维护的一个跟踪器，周日晚上，英国已经确认了48，000多例COVID-19，有近5，000人死亡。
2020年3月25日，英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊离开唐宁街10号前往PMQ。由于担心COVID-19的扩散，英国议会今晚将暂停。
U.K. PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON HOSPITALIZED OVER 'PERSISTENT' CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS 'ON ADVICE OF HIS DOCTOR'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus ten days ago.
In a statement on Sunday, a Downing Street spokesperson said that "on the advice of his doctor, the Prime Minister has tonight been admitted to hospital for tests."
"This is a precautionary step, as the Prime Minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus ten days after testing positive for the virus," the spokesperson added. "The Prime Minister thanks NHS staff for all of their incredible hard work and urges the public to continue to follow the Government's advice to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives."
Johnson's hospitalization was not an emergency admission. His doctors considered it sensible for the prime minister to undergo tests and an in-person check up, given that his symptoms have been ongoing for more than 10 days.
Downing Street declined Newsweek's request for additional information.
Johnson, 55, who announced he had tested positive on March 27, has been self-quarantining at his home, situated next door to 10 Downing Street. Although he still has a high temperature, his condition has reportedly improved in recent days.
Despite his illness, Johnson is still in charge of the British government, according to 10 Downing Street. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will take over the prime minister's duties if his condition gets worse.
Johnson shared a video to Twitter on Friday, during which he updated the country on his health. "Although I'm feeling better and I've done my seven days of isolation, alas I still have one of the symptoms -- a minor symptom. I still have a temperature," he said. "And so in accordance with government advice, I must continue my self-isolation until that symptom itself goes."
Queen Elizabeth II gave a rare television address to the nation on Sunday, shortly before Johnson's hospitalization was announced. Speaking from the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, the 93-year-old monarch urged citizens to practice self-discipline amid the coronavirus pandemic and assured the public that "if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it."
The address was only the fifth national crisis speech she has made during her 68-year-long reign.
"I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time," she said. "A time of disruption in the life of our country; a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all."
On Sunday evening, the U.K. had confirmed a total of more than 48,000 cases of COVID-19, with nearly 5,000 deaths, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQ's on March 25, 2020 in London, England. British parliament will be suspended tonight due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
