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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in isolation after coming into contact with someone infected with the new coronavirus, a Downing Street spokesman said on Sunday.
“He will continue to work from Downing Street, including leading the Government’s response to the pandemic. [Boris Johnson] he is fine and does not have symptoms of covid-19 “, can be read in a statement.
Johnson met with a small group of officers for about half an hour Thursday, including one who later developed symptoms of the disease and tested positive.
The prime minister was notified today by the National Health Service Monitoring and Testing System, which told him that he should be isolated due to factors including the length of the meeting.
The cabinet said they would discuss with parliamentary officials how Johnson can remotely participate in the work of parliament.
” [O primeiro-ministro planeia] We will continue to speak with the country during its period of self-isolation, “the document says.
The statement did not reveal how long Johnson plans to be in isolation, but advice from UK health authorities is that anyone contacted by the system should be quarantined for 14 days.
In April, The British Prime Minister was hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit after contracting the new coronavirus.
After being discharged, he thanked health professionals for saving his life and said that for 48 hours his hospital stay “could have gone aside.”
Her partner, Carrie Symonds, who was pregnant at the time, also had symptoms and had to isolate herself.
Later, the prime minister said he wanted to improve his physical condition and, in summer, launched a national campaign to combat obesity after acknowledging that he was “very fat” when he fell ill.
