Johnson wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19
pandemic, talks to the owner of the Cycle Lounge, Rodney Rouse, a
bicycle repair shop in Beeston, central England, on July 28, 2020,
during an event to launch the government’s new cycling intuitive to
help get people fitter.(Photo by Rui Vieira / POOL /
AFP)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating
after someone he was in contact with tested positive for the
Covid-19 virus, a spokesman said Sunday.
“He will carry on working from Downing Street, including on
leading the Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic,” the
Downing Street spokesman added.
Johnson was hospitalised with coronavirus in April. This time
round “the PM is well and does not have any symptoms of COVID-19”,
the spokesman said.
The prime minister was informed that he should self-isolate
after being contacted by the country’s Test and Trace scheme.
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The announcement came after Johnson met a small group of MPs at
Downing Street on Thursday, including one who subsequently
developed symptoms of Covid-19 and has now tested positive.
Johnson, 56, contracted Covid-19 and was placed in intensive
care where he spent three nights in April, later crediting hospital
staff with saving his life.
The British leader has said that his coronavirus case was
seriously worsened by being overweight, but that he had since lost
26 pounds (12 kilograms).
“I am going to continue that diet, because you’ve got to search
for the hero inside of yourself, in the hope that that individual
is considerably slimmer,” he joked last month.
Britain has been the worst-hit country in Europe by the
pandemic, recording over 50,000 deaths from some 1.2 million
positive cases.
AFP
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