Speaking to TalkRADIO, Mr Walden claimed to have spoken twice with the Prime Minister over the phone when he was still in self-isolation at Downing Street after first being diagnosed with coronavirus. He said: “As a friend and former adviser I’ve had a couple of chats with him in the last couple of weeks. And as typical of the man that rather than concentrating on the issues at hand which are obviously very serious - my wife used to work for him as well and we just had a baby daughter - he was finding out how she was and wishing her well and checking that we were safe than worrying about himself.
“That’s certainly typical of him. And the brief conversations that we’ve had - I said to him when he was in isolation, I was worried about him, and I said I hope you’re well and you feel better soon.
“And he just said, in typical Boris fashion, ‘look, we’re going to beat this’.
“And what he meant by that is not ‘I’m going to beat this’, I don’t think at that stage he had any thoughts that he wasn’t going to and I still think he absolutely will, but it was more about we as a country are going to beat this.
“That’s fairly typical of him.
“And yes, of course, he’s worrying but without stressing. He’s a robust character, he has a great work ethic, he works really, really hard and I think he will have been frustrated by having to make the decision with his doctors to go to hospital.
“And clearly that situation has worsened somewhat since then, but he’s in very good hands and I expect him to fight it and make a full recovery.”
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"We have issued you with regular updates on the Prime Minister's health.
"His condition worsened yesterday afternoon. A decision was taken that he needed to be moved to an intensive care unit at around 7pm.
"We informed you all as soon as was practically possible. We have a commitment to be as transparent as we can be throughout this process."
In Mr Johnson's absence, Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State, will stand in for him "whenever necessary", including leading the daily meetings of the coronavirus "war cabinet".
However, the Prime Minister's weekly calls with the Queen have been suspended while he remains indisposed.
The spokesman said that the Queen would continue to be kept regularly updated about his condition.
The spokesman confirmed that Mr Johnson had been unable to speak directly to Mr Raab since he has been in hospital.
"The Prime Minister sent a message that he wanted the Foreign Secretary to assume some of his responsibilities where appropriate," the spokesman said.
If Mr Raab were to fall ill, under the established Cabinet order of precedence he would be replaced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
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