British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is isolated after being in contact with a person infected with the new coronavirus. “He will continue to work from Downing Street, including leading the Government’s response to the pandemic. [Boris Johnson] is fine and has no symptoms of covid-19 “, it can be read in a statement from Downing Street.
Johnson met with a small group of deputies for about half an hour on Thursday, including one who subsequently developed symptoms of the disease and tested positive.
The prime minister was this Sunday notified by the National Health Service’s Testing and Tracking System, which told him he should be isolated because of factors including the length of the meeting.
The cabinet said they would discuss with parliamentary officials about how Johnson can remotely participate in parliament’s work. “[O primeiro-ministro planeia] continue to talk to the country during its period of self-isolation, “the document said.
The statement did not reveal how long Johnson plans to be isolated, but the UK health authorities’ advice is that anyone contacted by the system should be quarantined for 14 days.
In April, Boris Johnson was hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit after contracting the new coronavirus. After being discharged, he thanked the health professionals, including a Portuguese nurse from the Aveiro area, for saving his life and said that, for 48 hours, his admission to the hospital “could have been for both sides”.
Boris’s wife, Carrie Symonds, who was pregnant at the time, also had symptoms and had to isolate herself. Later, the prime minister said he wanted to improve his fitness and, in the summer, launched a national campaign to fight obesity after recognizing that he was “very fat” when he fell ill.
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