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UK leader Boris Johnson, fiancee announce birth of baby boy

Published:Wednesday | April 29, 2020 | 9:44 AM
In this Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds arrive to attend the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds announced the birth of a son on Wednesday, just two days after Johnson returned to work following hospitalisation for the coronavirus.

Johnson’s office said Symonds gave birth to a “healthy baby boy” in a public hospital in London on Wednesday morning, and said that both mother and infant were doing well.

Johnson was present for the birth but was back at work at 10 Downing St. within hours.

His office said he would take paternity leave later in the year.

Conservative leader Johnson, 55, and Symonds, 32, announced in February that they were engaged and expecting a child together.

At the time they said the baby was due in early summer.

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