Boris Johnson says the British government had a contingency plan in place for his death

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• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an interview with The Sun that the government had a contingency plan in place for his death.
• Johnson grew severely ill with COVID-19 and spent several nights in intensive care receiving "litres and litres of oxygen for a long time," he said.
• Johnson said the government had "a strategy to deal with a 'death of Stalin'-type scenario."
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The British government had a contingency plan for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's death as his condition deteriorated while he battled COVID-19 last month in intensive care, Johnson said in an interview with The Sun newspaper published Saturday night.

Johnson returned to work on Monday, a month after testing positive for COVID-19. Johnson, 55, spent 10 days in isolation in Downing Street from late March, but was then was taken to London's St Thomas' Hospital where he received oxygen treatment and spent three nights in intensive care.

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