President Gotabaya Rajapaksa joined other world leaders wishing a speedy recovery to British PM Boris Johnson who is in Intensive Care at a London hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19. In a message posted on Twitter, President Rajapaksa said “my best wishes to @Boris Johnson for a speedy recovery. Our prayers are with you and the people of UK during these trying times.”
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have also wished British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a quick recovery after he was admitted to intensive care. Prime Minister Modi hoped that his British counterpart finds himself in perfect health soon.
“Hang in there, Prime Minister @BorisJohnson! Hope to see you out of hospital and in perfect health very soon,” the prime minister wrote on Twitter.
President Trump has asked leading US companies working on COVID-19 drugs to “contact immediately” UK Prime Minister Johnson’s doctors and offer “help” to his “good friend”. French President Emmanuel Macron also took to Twitter to extend his support to Johnson saying: “I hope he will rapidly overcome this ordeal”.