Downing Street said Dominic Raab would make any urgent decisions in his place.
Boris Johnson had a "minor routine operation related to his sinuses" under general anaesthetic at a London hospital, No 10 has said.A Downing Street spokesman said Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab would make any urgent decisions in his place.It is understood Mr Raab remains on hand to assist with any major decisions, but Mr Johnson is expected to chair a meeting of his senior ministers on Tuesday morning and travel to a gathering of Commonwealth leaders later this week.
Asked if the prime minister had skipped waiting lists to get his operation, the spokesman said he was "not getting into" that. The operation - which was carried out on the NHS and had been "scheduled for a while" - was a success and not related to his previous bout of coronavirus. In April 2020, Mr Johnson spent three nights in intensive care receiving treatment for the virus. He later said it "could have gone either way".
During his hospitalisation and subsequent recovery, Mr Raab - the then foreign secretary - was in charge of running the government.
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