LONDON (Reuters) – The coronavirus break out at the heart of the UK government spread on Monday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior consultant, Dominic Cummings, self-isolating with signs just days after the British leader himself evaluated positive.
FILE IMAGE: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25,2020 REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Image
Johnson, who announced on Friday that he was contaminated with the virus however would continue to lead the government’s response to the outbreak, chaired a conference on Monday from self-isolation in Downing Street.
” The prime minister chaired the 9.15 meeting and had lots of vitality and offering us the leadership we need, and we’re a united cabinet group in terms of getting the nation through this crisis,” foreign minister Dominic Raab stated at a news conference.
A Downing Street spokesman said Cummings, among the most effective guys in the federal government, had developed signs of COVID-19 over the weekend and was staying at home.
The advisor was seen running out of Downing Street on Friday, shortly after Johnson revea