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Boris Johnson has revealed "contingency plans" were made while he was seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus. Boris Johnson has revealed "contingency plans" were made for his death while he was seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus.
In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, the PM says he was given "litres and litres of oxygen" to keep him alive. In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, the prime minister said at one point it was "50-50" whether he would be put on a ventilator.
He says his week in London's St Thomas' Hospital left him driven by a desire to both stop others suffering and to get the UK "back on its feet". "That was when it got a bit…  they were starting to think about how to handle it presentationally," he said.
Earlier, his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, revealed they had named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson. "It was a tough old moment, I won't deny it," he told the paper.
The names are a tribute to their grandfathers and two doctors who treated Mr Johnson while he was in hospital with coronavirus, Ms Symonds wrote in an Instagram post. He said he knew at the time that doctors had devised a plan in the event of his death.
The boy was born on Wednesday, just weeks after Mr Johnson's discharge from intensive care. "They had a strategy to deal with a 'death of Stalin'-type scenario," he said, in reference to the former Soviet Union leader, Joseph Stalin.
In his newspaper interview, the prime minister describes being wired up to monitors and finding the "indicators kept going in the wrong direction". Mr Johnson said he was given "litres and litres of oxygen" to keep him alive and credited his recovery to "wonderful, wonderful nursing".
"It was a tough old moment, I won't deny it," he's quoted as saying, adding that he kept asking himself: "How am I going to get out of this?" "I get emotional about it . . . but it was an extraordinary thing."
Mr Johnson had been diagnosed with coronavirus on March 26 and was admitted to hospital 10 days later. The following day, he was moved to intensive care. Mr Johnson was diagnosed with coronavirus on 26 March and was admitted to London's St Thomas' Hospital 10 days later. The following day, he was moved to intensive care.
"It was hard to believe that in just a few days my health had deteriorated to this extent," the prime minister tells the Sun on Sunday. "It was hard to believe that in just a few days my health had deteriorated to this extent," he said.
"The doctors had all sorts of arrangements for what to do if things went badly wrong." Describing the seriousness of the disease, he said: "I've broken my nose, I've broken my finger, I've broken my wrist, I've broken my rib. I've broken just about everything. I've broken all sorts of things, several times in some cases.
His recovery, he says, was down to "wonderful, wonderful nursing". "But I've never had anything as serious as this."
Mr Johnson says he felt "lucky", given so many others were still suffering, adding: "And so if you ask me, 'Am I driven by a desire to stop other people suffering?' Yes, I absolutely am. He says his week in hospital had left him driven by a desire to both stop others suffering and to get the UK "healthy again".
"But I am also driven by an overwhelming desire to get our country as a whole back on its feet, healthy again, going forward in a way that we can and I'm very confident we'll get there." On Thursday, Mr Johnson said the UK was "past the peak" of the coronavirus outbreak, but stressed the country must not "risk a second spike".
Fewer patients hospitalised The number of people being treated in hospitals for the virus has fallen by 13% over the past week, according to England's deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries.
The total number of reported coronavirus-related deaths in the UK now stands at 28,131 - an increase of 621 on Friday's figure.The total number of reported coronavirus-related deaths in the UK now stands at 28,131 - an increase of 621 on Friday's figure.
However, England's deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries said the number of people being treated in hospitals for the virus had fallen by 13% over the past week.
On Saturday, the government pledged £76m to support vulnerable children, victims of domestic violence and modern slavery, who were "trapped" at home during the lockdown.On Saturday, the government pledged £76m to support vulnerable children, victims of domestic violence and modern slavery, who were "trapped" at home during the lockdown.
The announcement followed reports of a "surge" in violence in the weeks since the lockdown was introduced.The announcement followed reports of a "surge" in violence in the weeks since the lockdown was introduced.
Mr Johnson has been back in charge of the government since last Sunday. But he was in Downing Street a matter of days before Ms Symonds gave birth. Meanwhile, Mr Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds, announced they had named their son - who was born on Wednesday - Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson.
When posting their newborn's photograph on Instagram, she said his second middle name, Nicholas, was a tribute to "Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart - the two doctors that saved Boris' life". Ms Symonds said the newborn's second middle name, Nicholas, was a tribute to "Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart - the two doctors that saved Boris' life".
This offered "an insight into just how serious things were for the prime minister" after contracting the virus, said BBC political correspondent Jonathan Blake. Dr Nick Price and Prof Nick Hart offered their "warm congratulations" to the couple.
Dr Nick Price and Prof Nick Hart offered their "warm congratulations" to the PM and Ms Symonds.
They said in a statement: "We are honoured and humbled to have been recognised in this way, and we give our thanks to the incredible team of professionals who we work with at Guy's and St Thomas' and who ensure every patient receives the best care.They said in a statement: "We are honoured and humbled to have been recognised in this way, and we give our thanks to the incredible team of professionals who we work with at Guy's and St Thomas' and who ensure every patient receives the best care.
"We wish the new family every health and happiness.""We wish the new family every health and happiness."
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