Britain's health minister Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after coming into close contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.
He said he was alerted by the NHS app yesterday evening, having led a Downing Street press conference. "Last night I was pinged by the NHS coronavirus app, so that means I will be self-isolating at home, not leaving the house at all until Sunday," he said in a video on his Twitter feed. "This self-isolation is perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing because I know from the app that I've been in close contact with somebody who's tested positive, and this is how we break the chains of transmission. "I've got to work from home for the next six days and together, by doing