I needed 'litres and litres' of oxygen, UK PM reveals
Boris Johnson has revealed "contingency plans" were made 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.
He says his week in London's St Thomas' Hospital left him driven by a desire to both stop others suffering and get the united kingdom "back on its feet".
Earlier, his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, revealed that they had named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson.
The names are a tribute with their grandfathers and two doctors who treated Mr Johnson while he was in hospital with coronavirus, Ms Symonds wrote in an Instagram post.
The boy was created on Wednesday, just weeks after Mr Johnson's discharge from intensive care.
In his newspaper interview, the prime minister describes being wired up to monitors and locating the "indicators kept moving in the wrong direction".
"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?"
Mr Johnson have been diagnosed with coronavirus on March 26 and was admitted to hospital 10 days later. The next day, he was moved to intensive care.
"It was hard to believe in just a few days my health had deteriorated to the extent," the prime minister tells sunlight on Sunday.
"The doctors had a variety of arrangements for how to proceed if things went badly wrong."
His recovery, he says, was right down to "wonderful, wonderful nursing".
Mr Johnson says he felt "lucky", given so many others were still suffering, adding: "Therefore if you ask me, 'Am I driven by a desire to stop other people suffering?' Yes, I absolutely am.
"But I am also driven by an overwhelming desire to get our country all together back on its feet, healthy again, in the years ahead in a way that we are able to and I'm very confident we'll make it happen."
Fewer patients hospitalized
The total number of reported coronavirus-related deaths in the united kingdom 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 folks being treated in hospitals for the virus had fallen by 13% in the last week.
On Saturday, the federal government pledged £76m to aid vulnerable children, victims of domestic violence and modern slavery, who were "trapped" in the home during the lockdown.
The announcement followed reports of a "surge" in violence in the weeks because the lockdown was introduced.
Mr Johnson has been back charge of the federal government since last Sunday. But he was in Downing Street a matter of days before Ms Symonds gave birth.
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 - both 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 PM and Ms Symonds.
They said in a statement: "We are honoured and humbled to have already been recognized in this manner, and we give our because of the incredible team of professionals who we work with at Guy's and St Thomas' and who ensure every patient receives the very best care.
"We wish the brand new family every health insurance and happiness."
