The spokesman said that Boris Johnson is receiving standard oxygen treatment and is breathing without any other assistance.

He hasn't required mechanical ventilation and does not have pneumonia.

The prime minister was admitted to hospital on Sunday night after persistent Corona virus symptoms over several days, which worsened.

The foreign secretary, Dominic Grab, has been asked to deputize for him.

Messages have come in from leaders across the world wishing the prime minister well this In this morning, it emerged that Michael Gove is also now self isolating as a member of his family is displaying symptoms off the virus.

Our first report, this lunchtime, is by our political correspondent Nick Eardley Westminster in the country across the Thames from the houses of parliament, the prime minister remains in intensive care, struggling to overcome corona virus.

Boris Johnson has shown persistent symptoms since testing positive 12 days ago.

I still have one of the symptoms of minor symptom of I have a temperature and so these pictures from Friday with the last time we saw him from sale face elation in Downing Street.

But this condition has got worse.

He was taken into intensive care at seven o'clock last night after his condition worsened during the day on D A Z speak.

Prancer is in intensive care being looked after by his medical team, receiving the very, very best care from the team at ST Thomas's Andare.

Hopes and prayers are with him on with his family this afternoon.

Downing Street has said the prime minister remains stable and in good spirits overnight.

He is receiving oxygen treatment but otherwise breathing unassisted.

His spokesman said that he hasn't required the use of a ventilator and hasn't been diagnosed with pneumonia.

The foreign secretary has been asked to deputize for the prime minister is in very good hands, Dominic Raab said this morning, arriving for the daily meeting with ministers and government advisers to discuss the Corona virus strategy.

Prime Misters designated predominately for insect Dominic Raab as first secretary of state.

That means that Dominic takes on the responsibilities of chairing the various meetings that the prime minister would have changed, but we're all working together to implement the plan that the prime minister set out shortly after this interview.

Michael Golf confirmed he was self isolating after a family member should symptoms.

This virus is impacting the very top of government at the time of unprecedented challenge.

For now, normal political life is on hold.

People are clearly anxious.

I know the business of government will continue as in touch with private sector last night, and I want to say that the Labour Party will act in the national interest.

And that's why I offered toe act constructively with the government and support them.

Why that's the right thing to do.

Push them further where we need to do it.

But I want to send every good wish to him.

To his fianc onto his whole family.

We at all willing you on borders get Wilson, one of Mr Johnson's predecessors.

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All of us are praying for Boris and thinking of him and praying and thinking of his family on hoping that he gets well soon gets back toe number 10 where I know he wants to be and where we all want him to be.

Boris is a very tough, very resilient, very fit person.

I know that from facing on the tennis court, and I'm sure he'll come through this.

Friends of the prime minister sees a fatal.

You know, he's a pretty fit guy, Boris.

You may not look that that he's got a heavy frame.

He played a lot of rugby at school, you know, he's a fairly big guy, but you know, he plays tennis very well to a high standard he runs regularly on.

I think, if anyone's got a chance of beating this than Boris Johnson's got a chance to do that.

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Westminster, As we heard Downing Street says the prime minister has been receiving standard oxygen treatment in intensive care unit.

It's in Thomas's Hospital, but he hasn't required mechanical ventilation on Icy Award provides treatment and close monitoring for patients who are too seriously ill to be cared for in other parts of the hospital.

Here's our health correspondent Richard Galpin.

Intensive care units are where severely ill patients are brought their lives potentially at risk.

Prime Minister was taken into intensive care unit like this one yesterday, after his condition deteriorated.

He was conscious, given oxygen Vyron mask but not put on a mechanical ventilator.

Amore Intrusive procedure The most patients do need ventilation quite soon.

So what's it like to be on a ventilator, which takes over the breathing process to be able to cope without breathing machine, One needs to be very heavily sedated and usually given a paralyzing agent a bit like your Ari.

That starts the muscles working so the breathing machine can do its work.

The patients are often a nurse, lying flat in the rotation between lying flat on their tummy and on their backs in a roughly 16 hour cycle.

The doctors and nurses working in these intensive care units are constantly checking their patients.

In normal times, you might expect the blood pressure.

Your heart rate and breathing rate would be recorded, probably once every few hours, perhaps slightly more frequently.

If they're quite unwell in intensive care, we do it continuously.

On.

There's a monitored by the nurse's station that can be monitored all the time, even when a nurse isn't at the bedside so we can keep a much closer eye on people.

Mr.

Johnson may also have a special needle into one of his arteries that allows us to take blood samples that can very accurately monitors blood oxygen levels.

Going through intensive care is, of course, a very difficult experience.

Getting out of hospital is a huge relief.

I came out last week on Monday on the I don't know.

I came out.

I just felt I didn't just coming out of hospital.

This may be so much better than because it was a lonely period while sounds in their hearts are nobody.

Really?

And to be it on my family, uh, unwto Just now I try to get out in the garden and get fresh air on, uh, I'm ready.

Doing so well now, assuming Boris Johnson recovers and is discharged from hospital, how quickly would you be able to return to work?

If this is a short term thing and he responds, well, just needs a little bit of oxygen and recovers over the coming few days.

Then he will probably feeling gate regaining his strength over the next week to 10 days.

Downing Street says Boris Johnson is not on a ventilator at the moment, but he years getting oxygen using a mask.

Richard Galpin BBC News.

In a moment, we'll hear from our chief political correspondent, Vicki Young, but first Charlotte Gallagher is outside ST Thomas's Hospital, where the prime minister is being treated, and Charlotte just give us the latest on the prime minister's condition.

Boris Johnson remains in intensive care this lunchtime, but we've had an update in the last 10 minutes from Downing Street.

They say he's in a stable condition.

He's in good spirits.

He is being given oxygen.

But crucially, he is not on a ventilator.

Part of the reason he was moved into intensive care was so he could be near a ventilator if he needed one.

Now the hospital looks a bit different, As you can probably tell the police at every exit and entrance.

Security hoarding has gone up around the hospital, highlighting the dramatic and unusual situation we're in at this moment.

Worrying time, obviously, for Boris Johnson's friends and family.

His partner is pregnant on one of the cruelest things about Corona viruses that when you're being treated in hospital, your family and friends can't come and see you because the virus is just so infectious now.

Nadine Dorris, a health minister who herself had Corona virus.

She spect Boris Johnson a few days ago, and she's told the BBC that he's a fighter but was annoyed that he couldn't quite bounce back as quickly as he'd hoped.

And she said he was concerned for all the other people that are struggling with coronavirus as well.

And Vicky, how is the government functioning without Boris Johnson at the helm?

Well, the prices official spokesman is saying that the government is very determined to carry on fighting this Corona virus on making the point that there is a clear plan that's been set out by the prime minister on every Cabinet minister.

Every department in Whitehall knows what they need to be doing now.

As we know, the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, is designated as the person who stands in for the prime minister.

They're very clear that the prime minister remains the prime minister.

Dominic Raab's role this'll morning, for example, wants to chair that daily war cabinet.

It's become known as the meeting, which talks about the response to Corona virus.

There are also several other committees made up of ministers, each working on their separate area.

And, of course, the role of the Cabinet secretary, the most senior civil servant in Whitehall will be incredibly important.

But they are having to make certain decisions, for example, that weekly audience between the queen and the prime minister that they decided they're not going to hold that while the prime minister, of course, is in hospital.

But officials will keep in touch with each other.

But there's no doubt that these are not normal times.

The prime minister remaining, of course, in intensive care.

Vicky, Thank you, Vicki Young there in Downing Street.

And thank you, too, to Charlotte Gallagher outside ST Thomas's Hospital.