UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Hospitalized Amid Coronavirus Battle

Boris Johnson is now in the hospital.

The 55-year-old U.K. Prime Minister, who previously opened up about his positive coronavirus diagnosis, was hospitalized on Sunday (April 5), according to Downing Street, via Variety.

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He has already been sick with the virus for 10 days, and remained in quarantine with a “persisting high temperature.”

The move to the hospital was done as a “precautionary step” advised by his doctor, via the BBC.

Just hours before, Queen Elizabeth addressed the nation regarding the pandemic.