British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on 12-Apr-2020, Sunday, after being treated for Covid-19, but will not immediately return to work. He had three nights in intensive care before returning to a ward on Thursday. He thanked the NHS “for saving my life”:

… It’s hard to find the words to express my debt—but before I come to that I want to thank everyone in the entire UK for the effort and the sacrifice you have made and are making … I can only imagine how tough it has been … I thank you because … have been doing the right thing … going through the hardship … I want you to know … I do believe that your efforts are worth it, and are daily proving their worth … although we … though the struggle is by no means over, we are now making progress in this … We are making progress … We understood and we decided that if together we … this country would rise together and overcome this challenge … It is thanks to that courage, that devotion, that duty and that love that our … I will be grateful for the rest of my life … who are acting with the same care and thought and precision … It is powered by love … So thank you from me, and from all of us, to …