UK’s PM Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson.
The names are a tribute to their grandfathers and two doctors who treated Boris Johnson while he was in hospital with coronavirus, Carrie Symonds wrote in an Instagram post.
Image source: Carrie Symonds/Instagram
Carrie Symonds also thanked staff at University College London Hospital, saying: “I couldn’t be happier. My heart is full.”
She posted a picture of herself with the baby, who was born on April 29.
The birth came just weeks after Boris Johnson was discharged from intensive care at another London hospital following treatment for coronavirus.
Carrie Symonds wrote on May 2 that their son shares his first name with Boris Johnson’s grandfather, and the first of his middle names, Lawrie, with her own.
Dr. Nick Price and Prof. Nick Hart offered their “warm congratulations” to the prime minister and Carrie Symonds.
They said in a statement: “We are honored and humbled to have been recognized 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.”
Boris Johnson’s newborn is only the third baby born to a serving UK prime minister in living memory.
World leaders – including President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron – have expressed their support for Boris Johnson.
On April 7, cabinet minister Michael Gove said the prime minister was not on a ventilator.
A Downing Street statement read: “The prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus.
“Over the course of [April 6] afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the intensive care unit at the hospital.”
The staement continued: “The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all NHS staff for their hard work and dedication.”
Boris Johnson was initially taken to hospital for tests after announcing 11 days ago that he had the coronavirus. His symptoms included a high temperature and a cough.
President Trump said Americans “are all praying for his recovery”, describing Boris Johnson as “a very good friend of mine and a friend to our nation” who is “strong” and “doesn’t give up”.
Prsident Macron said he sent “all my support to Boris Johnson, to his family and to the British people at this difficult moment”.
UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt
Hancock both tested positive for coronavirus, which causes the Covid-19
disease.
It comes after the UK government’s chief medical officer Professor Chris
Whitty has said he is self-isolating after experiencing symptoms of coronavirus
last night.
Prof.
Chris Whitty has led the UK’s medical response and appears in the government’s
public information films. Known symptoms of the virus include a persistent dry
cough and a raised temperature.
PM Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus after displaying
“mild” symptoms.
He
is continuing to work in his Downing Street office although he will not be
taking part in March 27 daily government briefing.
Boris Johnson’s fiancée, Carrie Symonds, who is several months pregnant, is
self-isolating elsewhere.
A
total of 759 people have now died of the coronavirus in the UK, while 14,579
have tested positive.
The
death toll jumped by 181 on March 27 – a rise of 31% – making it the biggest
rise in deaths that the country has seen so far, surpassing March 26’s record
of 115.
In
England, patients were aged between 29 and 98 years old.
According
to health officials, all but four patients, aged between 82 and 91 years old,
had underlying health conditions.
The UK has the seventh highest number of recorded deaths in the world after Italy, Spain, China, Iran, France and the US.
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