Boris Johnson has taken part in this week’s Clap for Carers event, joining many people across the country as they thanked frontline healthcare workers putting their lives at risk during the coronavirus pandemic.

The prime minister is currently recovering from COVID-19 at his Chequers country residence after being discharged from hospital, while foreign secretary Dominic Raab deputises for him.

A Downing Street spokesman said: “Like millions of people across the country, the prime minister joined in the Clap for Carers this evening, to say thank you for the incredible efforts of the country’s doctors, nurses and care workers.”

It is now the fourth week since the country started applauding those treating COVID-19 patients in hospitals and care homes, after the idea went viral on social media at the start of the coronavirus lockdown.

Mr Johnson’s fiancee Carrie Symonds said she was “clapping harder than ever tonight for our carers. You are the best of Britain”.

She also paid tribute to Captain Tom Moore, 99, who has raised more than £15m for an NHS charity by walking 100 laps around his garden.

Also taking part in the Clap for Carers was Mr Raab and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who have been leading the government’s response to the pandemic in the absence of the prime minister.

The foreign secretary had earlier announced an extension to the UK’s lockdown conditions, that will see people stay home for at least another three weeks...Read More….

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