Carrie Johnson hospitalised after falling ill with flu and pneumonia

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Carrie Johnson has revealed she was hospitalised for almost a week after she contracted the flu and pneumonia.

Boris Johnson’s wife took to social media to share her health struggle as she praised NHS nurses and doctors who cared for her as “the best people on earth”.

The 36-year-old, who shares three children with the former prime minister, struggled to breathe properly after falling ill with a chest infection over Christmas.

She said she was yet to fully recover from the illness and urged others to get the flu jab.

“I didn’t expect to spend the first week of 2025 in hospital,” she said in an Instagram post. “After having a nasty chest infection for nearly 18 days at home over Christmas, it just got out of hand and I was struggling to breathe properly.

“Hospital confirmed I had flu and pneumonia.

“I was there nearly a week and I’m still not recovered. It could take another few weeks until I feel like myself again.”

The caption was accompanied by a picture showing the end of a hospital bed and another of her son Wilf’s “favourite dinosaur toy ‘Greenie’”, and her daughter Romy’s princess key ring, which she said they gave her to take to hospital.

Her post continued: “The reason for this post tho is 1) NHS doctors and nurses are the best people on earth. I say it a lot but they have looked after me and my family when we’ve needed it most and I will never not be enormously grateful.

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“They are the absolute best of us. I was at the John Radcliffe and I cannot thank them enough. When I was particularly low, one nurse even serenaded me by my bed. Unbelievable kindness.

“2) Obviously check with your doctor but my strong advice is to get the bloody flu jab. I really, really wish I had.

“It totally slipped my mind this year. No guarantee, but I very possibly wouldn’t have spent the last 3 weeks horribly, horribly ill had I got it.”

She ended with an explanation about the dinosaur and princess key ring and added “health and family are everything”.