BORIS JOHNSON SELF-ISOLATING AFTER CORONAVIRUS EXPOSURE

Mon 16 November 2020:

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who battled a coronavirus infection in intensive care earlier this year, is in self-isolation after having been exposed to the virus again, officials said Sunday.

Johnson will self-isolate in Downing Street, where he will continue to work, said a spokesman.

“Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told to self-isolate through the NHS Test and Trace app after coming into contact with someone who tested positive,” he said.

“The PM is well and does not have any symptoms of COVID-19,” he added.

Johnson met with Lee Anderson, a member of Parliament, on Thursday. Anderson developed symptoms after the meeting and later tested positive for the coronavirus.

After he contracted the virus in March, Johnson, 56, said he survived with “liters and liters of oxygen.” Doctors were preparing to announce his death, he said.

Two weeks ago, Johnson announced new lockdown measures after a sharp rise in case numbers in the U.K. during October, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. As of Saturday, the country had recorded 1.3 million cases and more than 51,000 deaths since the pandemic began.

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