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Coronavirus

Boris Johnson in intensive care after COVID-19 worsens

British prime minister remains conscious

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London on March 4.   © Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, but his Downing Street office said he was still conscious.

Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated, but Johnson, 55, asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him.

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