Boris Johnson says he feared he would not live to meet baby son during battle with coronavirus

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Boris Johnson has said he feared he would not live to see his son born as he battled coronavirus in hospital last month.

The Prime Minister and his fiancé Carrie Symonds announced the birth of a "healthy baby boy at a London hospital" on Wednesday.

It came just two days after Mr Johnson returned to Downing Street having recovered from Covid-19, which saw him admitted into intensive care for three nights.

On Saturday, the PM and Ms Symonds revealed they named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson after two doctors who saved his life.

Boris Johnson (Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Bloomberg via Getty Images

In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Mr Johnson was asked if he had ever feared he might not live to meet Wilfred.

He said: “Well, yes, of course. We’ve all got a lot to live for, a lot to do, and I won’t hide it from you, I was thinking about that, yes.”

The Prime Minister and his fiance Carrie Symonds announced the birth of a "healthy baby boy at a London hospital" on Wednesday
Carrie Symonds/Instagram

Mr Johnson told the paper: “I was deeply frustrated that I couldn’t see the path to…do you know what I mean? I just couldn’t see the way out of the skip.

“But, yeah, I suppose there was some terrible, as I say, some natural buoyancy or refusal to give in or harbour negative thoughts.

“I never really thought that I wouldn’t come back from it. It was more frustration.”

The PM first said he tested positive for Covid-19 on March 27 before entering his mandatory period of self-isolation at home.

Due to his symptoms persisting, Mr Johnson was taken to St Thomas' Hospital in London on April 5. Just hours later, he was admitted into intensive care.

Mr Johnson also revealed how he clapped for carers from his hospital ward, hours after being discharged from intensive care.

Mr Johnson also revealed how he clapped for carers from his hospital ward, hours after being discharged from intensive care
PA

He told the Sun: “It was a Thursday when I came out of ICU, and with me I had a nurse called Becky and a nurse called, I think, Angel.

“I was just in my boxers, nothing else. We stood up and there was this big window looking out of the Thames, and we saw the Met and the Fire Brigade do this display with their boats.

“It was just fantastic. And we clapped like crazy for the NHS and for care workers.”

Mr Johnson added: “I owe my life to our doctors and nurses and the healthcare workers.

“They pulled my chestnuts out of the fire, no question.”

He told the Sun on Sunday earlier that doctors prepared to announce his death as he battled coronavirus in intensive care.

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