Ready for the small print: Boris Johnson wears reading glasses as he arrives at Downing Street for crunch Brexit talks with EU – after revealing Covid damaged his eyesight
- Prime Minister believes it’s ‘very, very plausible’ that Covid affects eyesight
- He said: ‘I’m finding that I have to wear spectacles for the first time in years’
- Mr Johnson spent several nights in intensive care with coronavirus in April
Boris Johnson was spotted wearing reading glasses as he arrived at Downing Street today for crunch Brexit talks after revealing that coronavirus damaged his eyesight.
The Prime Minister said he believes it’s ‘very, very plausible that eyesight can be a problem associated with coronavirus’.
Mr Johnson has worn glasses in the past and in an interview in 2014 he said: ‘I’m now so short-sighted, I’m blind! My eyes used to be fantastic but now…’
Boris Johnson was spotted wearing reading glasses as he arrived at Downing Street today for crunch Brexit talks after revealing that coronavirus damaged his eyesight
However, at today’s press conference he said, ‘I’m finding that I have to wear spectacles for the first time in years so I’m inclined to think… that it’s very, very plausible that eyesight can be a problem associated with coronavirus,’ according to the Metro.
Mr Johnson was forced to spend several nights in intensive care while he was ill with Covid-19 at the beginning of April.
His comments come after a major backlash was sparked with Government adviser Dominic Cummings claimed he drove 60 miles to Barnard Castle in Durham to check his eyesight.
In a public statement he claimed that he developed coronavirus symptoms which affected his eyesight.
The Prime Minister said he believes it’s ‘very, very plausible that eyesight can be a problem associated with coronavirus’. Pictured: Michel Barnier attending EU meeting in Brussels today
He added that his wife wanted him to test his eyesight while driving before going on a 300-mile trip back to London.
So the couple drove for half an hour with their son to Barnard Castle. Mr Cummings said: ‘We did not visit the castle, we did not walk around the town.
‘We parked by a river. My wife and I discussed the situation, we agreed that I could drive safely, we should turn around and go home.’
The NHS doesn’t list problems with eyesight as a symptom of coronavirus.