British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a 45-minute meeting with business minister Alok Sharma on Tuesday, a day before Mr Sharma was taken ill and tested for the coronavirus, Mr Johnson's spokesman has said.
The spokesman said the socially distanced meeting in Mr Johnson's Number 10 Downing Street offices was also attended by finance minister Rishi Sunak.
He added that Johnson would follow medical advice if Mr Sharma's Covid-19 test result came back positive. Mr Sharma has been tested for coronavirus after he became visibly unwell in the House of Commons chamber yesterday.
He was seen wiping his face with a handkerchief several times and his opposite number in Labour's shadow cabinet, Ed Miliband, passed him a glass of water at one