Boris Johnson was hospitalized with coronavirus in April.
London, United Kingdom:
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after someone he was in contact with tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
“He will continue to work from Downing Street, including leading the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic,” the Downing Street spokesperson added.
Johnson was hospitalized with coronavirus in April. This time around, “the prime minister is fine and has no symptoms of COVID-19,” the spokesperson said.
The prime minister has been told he is expected to self-isolate after being contacted by the country’s Test and Trace program.
The announcement came after Johnson met with a small group of MPs in Downing Street on Thursday, including one who later developed symptoms of Covid-19 and has now tested positive.
Johnson, 56, contracted Covid-19 and was placed in intensive care where he spent three nights in April, later crediting hospital staff for saving his life.
The British leader said his coronavirus case was seriously made worse by being overweight, but had since lost 12 kilograms.
“I will continue this diet, because you have to look for the hero inside yourself, in the hope that this individual is considerably thinner,” he joked last month.
Britain has been the country worst affected in Europe by the pandemic, recording more than 50,000 deaths out of some 1.2 million positive cases.
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