British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s six-week-old daughter was badly hit by Covid, the Mail has revealed.
Downing Street announced last week that a member of his family had tested positive for the virus. It did not state who the relative was but it is understood to be his daughter Romy.
A source said she had suffered with the virus ‘quite badly’ aged five weeks but was now ‘on the mend’.
Mr Johnson did not appear in public for several days after last week’s announcement, reappearing only on Tuesday when he gave an interview to Sky News about ‘Partygate’ revelations engulfing the Government.
He appeared emotional and downcast – potentially partly explained by the personal strain on his family.
Yesterday, Mr Johnson appeared to be back on ebullient form as he faced down a plot from rebel Red Wall MPs.
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Despite the defection of one MP to Labour, the coup attempt – dubbed the ‘Pork Pie Putsch’ – seemed to crumble yesterday.
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Downing Street insisted Mr Johnson would overcome any leadership threat and fight the next election.
Romy Iris Charlotte Johnson was born on December 9 at University College Hospital in London and lives in the flat above Number 11 Downing Street with the PM, her mother Carrie, 33, and the couple’s eldest child, Wilfred, 20 months.
Last Thursday the Prime Minister cancelled a visit to Lancashire, with Downing Street saying only that ‘a family member has tested positive for Covid’ without identifying who.
A No 10 spokesman then said the Prime Minister would ‘follow the guidance for vaccinated close contacts, including daily testing and limiting contact with others’.
The spokesman added that he would continue to hold meetings and ‘for the large part that will be done virtually’.
While children who catch the virus are generally affected much less severely than adults, there is heightened concern about very young babies because they are so vulnerable.
Their immune systems are underdeveloped and newborns typically lose weight for the first few days of life before beginning to regain it.
Mr Johnson, 57, who came close to dying from the virus in the early weeks of the pandemic, followed advice to isolate as much as possible while his baby daughter was unwell.
NHS guidance regarding coronavirus in babies says: ‘Newborns do not appear to be at high risk of becoming seriously unwell with the virus.
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