Senior ministers including the Health Secretary may have to self-isolate after Boris Johnson was diagnosed with coronavirus.
Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating in Downing Street, it has been announced. The Prime Minister was tested in Number 10 after experiencing mild symptoms on Thursday - a day after he appeared at the PMQs in parliament's House of Commons chamber.
It is not currently clear how many Downing Street staff and senior ministers could now need to isolate given that many have had contact with Mr Johnson over recent days and weeks.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is not self-isolating, a source at the finance ministry said. When Britain clapped health workers on Thursday evening, Mr Johnson and Mr