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The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg hoped Boris Johnson makes a speedy recovery from coronavirus after battling the symptoms for almost two weeks. She said he could be out of intensive care soon

after senior Cabinet minister Michael Gove said he didn't need ventilation. But Mr Johnson will need a long time to recover after he had continued to work during self-isolation in

Downing Street. AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME FOR FRONTLINE DOCTORS AND NURSES, SIGN UP HERE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT NOW TO OUR BRAVE NHS HEROES. Speaking on BBC's Coronavirus podcast, Ms

Kuenssberg said: "Hopefully the Prime Minister makes a very, very quick recovery and pulls through. "All being well, potentially, he could be out of intensive care in a couple of

days. "But still this is a serious illness for somebody who is infected in this way and he's clearly going to have to take a long time to recover. "Of course that does not

just affect how quickly the Government can make decisions but also political morale. READ MORE: SPAIN HIT BY HORROR NEW CORONAVIRUS RATES AS FIGURES MAKE RAPID U-TURN "This is not just

a back and forth over health, this is a battle of public opinion. "It's a battle of morale that's why it was so important that we saw the Queen speaking out." Foreign

Secretary Dominic Raab will run the country while Mr Johnson is in intensive care and any decision on lifting coronavirus lockdown restrictions won't be delayed, according to Mr Gove.

He told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "The person who is running the country, following the plan that the prime minister has set out, is Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary."

The Prime Minister is "extremely sick" - with many coronavirus patients who need intensive care moving on to invasive ventilation, an expert has said. He was understood to be

conscious when he was moved to intensive care at about 7pm, as a precaution should he require ventilation to aid his recovery. Derek Hill, professor of medical imaging at University College

London (UCL), said the PM could be given a breathing aid known as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which bridges the gap between an oxygen mask and full ventilation. CPAP uses

pressure to send a blend of air and oxygen into the mouth at a steady rate, thereby boosting the amount of oxygen that enters the lungs. But Professor Hill said many COVID-19 patients

eventually "progress to invasive ventilation".