British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition has worsened and being moved to St. Thomas Hospital intensive care unit over persistent COVID-19 symptoms, his Downing Street office said in a statement.
UK’s foreign minister Dominic Raab steps in for Boris Johnson to act as Prime Minister where necessary.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 death toll in the US has surpassed 10,000 from almost 350,000 coronavirus cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally, Aljazeera reports.
Similarly, Spain has reported more than 4,000 new cases of the coronavirus with over 600 new deaths on the fourth day the daily totals have declined.
The total number of deaths in Spain from COVID-19 on Monday passed 13,000 among more than 135,000 cases.