Father says Boris Johnson needs rest

British Prime minister Boris Johnson needs time to recover from the new coronavirus and is unlikely to be back at work soon, his father said today, as millions of Britons began an Easter holiday weekend in lockdown.
The 55-year-old U.K. leader spent three nights in the intensive care unit at St. Thomas' Hospital in London after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. He was moved back to a regular ward on Thursday evening, and his office said he was in "the early phase of his recovery.''
His father said the prime minister needs to "rest up.''
"He has to take time,'' Stanley Johnson told the BBC. "I cannot believe you can walk away from this and get straight back to Downing Street and pick up the reins without a period of readjustment.''
Johnson was diagnosed with thhe virus two weeks ago, the first world leader confirmed to have the illness, and initially was said to have mild symptoms including fever and a cough. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and moved the next day to the ICU, where he received oxygen but was not put on a ventilator.
Acknowledging the seriousness of the prime minister's condition, Stanley Johnson said his son "almost took one for the team.''
Intensive care specialist Duncan Young said it is "almost impossible to know'' how long it will take Johnson to get back to full health.
"He has been very ill and it will take a while,'' Young said. "Nobody knows in terms of shortness of breath and lethargy, in scientific literature, how long it takes to recover. It particularly depends on how ill you have been.''-AP. Photo Sky News