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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Leaves ICU Amid Treatment For COVID-19

"He is in extremely good spirits," his office said. Johnson's emergence from intensive care is good news for the leader, who remains in the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, seen during a news conference last month, has been moved from an intensive care unit, where he had spent several days suffering from COVID-19 symptoms.

Updated at 3:51 p.m. ET

Boris Johnson is out of intensive care.

The British prime minister's office that medical workers have moved him back to the regular ward at St. Thomas' Hospital in central London, where he continues to receive treatment

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