Premier Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday said he wished his hospitalised British counterpart Boris John a "swift recovery" from the Covid-19 coronavirus and expressed Italy's solidarity with Britain.
"My colleague Boris Johnson's admission to hospital shocked me and I wish him a swift recovery. We are close to the British people at this very difficult time," Conte told German news outlet Bild TV.
John went into St Thomas's Hospital in London on Sunday with breathing difficulty and is currently in its intensive care unit He had been suffering from a high temperature and cough for 10 days while self-isolating at Downing St after testing positive for Covid-19.
