Fit as butcher’s dog, says Boris Johnson as he rejects talk of not fully recovering from Covid
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Fit as butcher’s dog, says Boris Johnson as he rejects talk of not fully recovering from Covid

The UK Prime Minister was seriously ill in March and admitted in intensive care after testing positive for coronavirus.

   
File photo of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson | Photo by Stefan Rousseau- WPA Pool/Getty Images via Bloomberg

File photo of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson | Stefan Rousseau- WPA Pool/Getty Images via Bloomberg

London: Boris Johnson likened himself to a vigorous dog as a way of illustrating just how physically fit he is — following reports of concern among his Conservative Party colleagues that he has still not fully recovered from Covid-19.

“I am fitter than I was before,” the British prime minister said, when asked by the media about the rumors at the end of a speech in Exeter, southwest England. “I am fit as a butcher’s dog — thanks, basically, to losing weight.”

Johnson became seriously ill and required treatment in intensive care after testing positive for coronavirus in March. He spent about a month away from his duties at the peak of the U.K.’s outbreak. –Bloomberg


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