An-Najah News - Nabus -Reports says that the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is getting better in intensive care where he is battling COVID-19 at St Thomas’ hospital with a persistent high temperature and cough . He has received oxygen support but not been put on a ventilator.

The British government was facing two major issues while its With a prime minister in intensive care which is how to finance a vast increase in state spending to support the shuttered economy, and when to start easing lockdown measures.

With the world’s fifth largest economy facing potentially the worst economic hit since World War Two amid historic spending and tax cuts, the government said it had expanded its overdraft facility with the Bank of England.

An-Najah News - General transportation is set to extend after a recommendation from Lebanon’s cabinet and the country’s Higher Defence Council.  

The current lockdown was imposed for two weeks on 15 March, extended for a further fortnight on 26 March, and is currently due to end on 12 April.

An extension of the nationwide lockdown would see coronavirus containment measures lifted incrementally from 26 April at the earliest.

According to the Health Ministry, Lebanon’s hospitals are testing a maximum of 500 people per day due to the high prices which make thousands unable to afford the cost.

The government has capped fees for tests at private hospitals at(approximately $50), but several hospitals are charging clinical and administrative fees on top.