Raab on UK PM's return to work on Monday

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday following his hospitalisation and recovery from the new coronavirus.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who has been deputising for Johnson, said on Sunday that the prime minister was "raring to go".

Johnson's return to work comes two weeks after he was discharged from a London hospital where he was treated for COVID-19.

Johnson, 55, spent a week in St. Thomas’ Hospital, including three nights in intensive care, where he was given oxygen and watched around the clock by medical staff.

After he was released on April 12, he recorded a video message thanking staff at the hospital for saving his life.

Johnson has not been seen in public since then, as he recovered at the prime minister’s country retreat outside London.

His return comes amid growing criticism of the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

The number of people with COVID-19 who have died in British hospitals reached 20,000 on Saturday. Thousands more are thought to have died in nursing homes.

Opposition politicians are calling for more clarity on when the government will ease a nationwide lockdown that was imposed on March 23 and runs to at least May 7.

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