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    Posted by Mary on April 5, 2020, 9:41 am

    Silly woman.
    For....
    ...Getting tied up with Boris (who is still ill)
    ...Becoming pregnant by him (his sixth child)
    ...Contracting coronavirus (from him presumably)

    Get well soon.

    Coronavirus: Now pregnant Carrie Symonds has Covid-19, and PM Boris Johnson is still sick
    Tim Shipman and Rosamund Urwin
    April 05 2020, 12.00am

    Carrie Symonds says she is now ‘on the mend’ after apparently falling victim to the coronavirus

    Carrie Symonds, Boris Johnson’s fiancée, has been bedridden for a week with coronavirus symptoms as concerns grow about the persistence of the prime minister’s illness.

    Symonds, 32, whose first child is due in early summer, said she had not been tested but was beginning to feel better after about a week. She has been in self-isolation since March 17.

    In a tweet posted yesterday, Symonds said: “I’ve spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of coronavirus. I haven’t needed to be tested and, after seven days of rest, I feel stronger and I’m on the mend.”

    She attempted to put other expectant mothers at ease, adding: “Being pregnant with Covid-19 is obviously worrying. Please do read and follow the most up-to-date guidance, which I found to be very reassuring.”

    Johnson still has a cough and a high temperature. Aides said they did not think he had been examined by a doctor since he went into isolation in No 11 nine days ago. But they added that he was in close touch with the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, suggesting he has received professional advice.

    Doctors say that if a temperature persists for more than a week, patients are at risk of developing pneumonia.

    Privately, government aides admit that Johnson had “looked dreadful” last week and has been “coughing and spluttering” on video conference calls.

    Pregnant women who develop the virus do not seem to be at a heightened risk of becoming seriously ill compared with other healthy adults. According to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), the majority of expectant mother will experience only “mild or moderate cold or flu-like symptoms”.

    The RCOG added that there was at present no evidence that the virus increased the risk of miscarriage, although because the coronavirus is so new there has been little research so far.

    The virus has also affected the care of pregnant women. Many routine face-to-face antenatal and postnatal appointments have moved online, while others have been cancelled.

    If appointments do still take place, women have been asked to attend alone so as to reduce the risk of infection. If appointments do still take place, women have been asked to attend alone so as to reduce the risk of infection. Some hospitals have also cancelled home births in the wake of the outbreak.

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-now-pregnant-carrie-symonds-has-covid-19-and-pm-boris-johnson-is-still-sick-m6pcpxbjc

    (One of my two free articles per week)

    PS Has Johnson's divorce from Marina Wheeler come through yet?

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