British media: Johnson's young daughter is infected with the new crown, and the situation is "very serious"

Source: Global Times

[Global Times reporter Sun Wei, Li Meng] British Prime Minister Johnson, who is deeply involved in the "party gate" scandal, has suffered another heavy blow. The British "Daily Mail" broke the news on the 20th that Johnson's newborn little daughter was diagnosed with the new crown virus last week, and the situation was "very serious". It is worth noting that Johnson just announced on the 19th that he will cancel the Plan B new crown restriction measures next week, which is considered to be ready to "lie flat".

10 Downing Street announced last week that one of Johnson's family members tested positive for the virus and said Johnson had close contact with the "relative," but did not say who the person really was. Sources said the infected person was Johnson's youngest daughter, Romy. It is said that when she contracted the new crown virus, Romi was only 5 weeks old and the situation was "very serious". At the moment, the situation is "improving". A spokesman at 10 Downing Street said the prime minister would follow guidelines for close contacts who have been vaccinated, conduct daily nucleic acid testing and limit contact with others. However, Johnson will continue to hold meetings, "most of which will be done by video".

In the days after the Prime Minister's Office announced the news, Johnson did not appear publicly, and last week cancelled a planned visit to Lancashire, only to appear again in an interview with Sky News on Tuesday on the "party gate". The media said that his mood at that time was not very good and somewhat depressed, possibly due to family pressure.

According to the Daily Mail on the 20th, Romi was born in University College London Hospital on December 9 last year, and now lives with The Johnsons and her 20-month-old brother, Wilfred, in an apartment at 11 Downing Street. In March 2020, Johnson was infected in the first wave of COVID-19, when he reached a critical illness level and used a ventilator. Around the same time, her pregnant wife, Kelly, also developed "major symptoms of COVID-19 infection" but did not go to the hospital, but gave birth to her son, Wilfred, after recovering at home. Unexpectedly, the newborn daughter was also infected with the new crown virus. While children infected with the virus are generally much less affected than adults, for very young babies, whether COVID-19 infection poses a danger remains a constant concern. In its guidelines on covid-19 in infants, the UK National Health Service (NHS) said: "The risk of contracting the virus in newborns is not high, but it is important to pay close attention to the hygiene situation, especially for family members who live with the baby. Anyone entering the home should take standard hygiene precautions, including washing their hands, and handle them with care if your baby develops any symptoms of illness, including COVID-19. ”

Johnson and Kelly have been in a relationship since 2018. In February 2020, they announced they were engaged and would have a child, and in April 2020, the couple welcomed their first child, Wilfred, and a year later, they had a secret wedding at Westminster Abbey. Johnson thus became the first British prime minister in nearly 200 years to marry during his term. Before Romi was born, Kelly had been pregnant with a child in 2021 but unfortunately miscarried, which left her heartbroken. Since then, Kelly has become pregnant with Romy, and when she announced the news, she said that she and her husband "hope to give birth to our rainbow baby at Christmas". Rainbow babies are children born into families with miscarriages, stillbirths, or the death of newborns. Prior to marrying Kelly, Johnson had two marriages, four public children, and one child born out of wedlock.