Boris Johnson is out of ICU and 'able to do short walks'

"He is able to take short walks" after being taken from intensive care at a hospital in London where he is receiving treatment for the coronavirus, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.

A spokesman for 10 Downing Street said: "The Prime Minister managed to make short walks, between breaks, as part of the care he receives to help him recover."

"He spoke to his doctors and thanked the entire clinical team for the great care he received.

"His thoughts with those affected by this terrible disease."

"He is just starting to recover," said his spokesman, 55, who is still in very good spirits.

The spokesman said he wished thanks to the staff as he was transferred from the intensive care unit to a ward in St. Thomas Hospital Thursday evening.

The spokesman said that Johnson was still in hospital and would receive advice from his medical team, but there were no plans for him to go to the British Prime Minister's Countryside Shuttle Checkers.

Foreign Minister Dominic Rapp will continue to deputize him.

A spokesman for Johnson said on Thursday he would "get close observation during the early stage of his recovery" but that he was "in very good spirits."

The prime minister spent three nights in intensive care and received "standard oxygen therapy," according to his spokesperson, but did not require mechanical or gas ventilation.

Johnson was hospitalized on Sunday because he was showing symptoms of "persistent" coronary virus after 10 days of positive tests. His condition deteriorated and he was transferred to intensive care on Monday, causing a shock wave across the UK.

Politicians from all over the world wished him a speedy recovery, as US President Donald Trump sent "his best wishes to a friend of mine and a friend of our nation" at a press conference.

As of Wednesday, Johnson's spokesman said he was "clinically stable and responding to treatment."

Rishi Sonak, British Minister of Finance, told a daily news conference in Downing Street on Wednesday that Johnson "sits in bed and interacts positively with the clinical team."

Prime Minister's pregnant partner, Carrie Simmonds, also had symptoms of Covid-19, but at the weekend she said she was "on the mend".