Boris Johnson, who is continuing to work from Downing Street, last week hosted a breakfast meeting with a group of Tory MPs, including Lee Anderson, who later tested positive for coronavirus
Boris Johnson is self-isolating in Downing Street for 14 days after hosting a Tory MP who was infected with coronavirus and later tested positive.
The Prime Minister, who was admitted to intensive care when he battled Covid-19 earlier this year, said he doesn’t have any symptoms and he is “following the rules” and working from home.
With England in lockdown, Mr Johnson, 56, hosted a half-hour breakfast meeting with a group of Tory MPs at No10 on Thursday, including Lee Anderson, who said he came down with symptoms the next day and tested positive for the virus at the weekend.
A photo shows Mr Johnson and Mr Anderson, the 53-year-old MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, not wearing face masks and appearing to be less than two metres apart, drawing criticism from a Labour MP.
The Prime Minister has urged throughout the pandemic the need to socially distance and wear a face mask in confined spaces, and his Government has made the wearing of face coverings compulsory in shops and supermarkets in England, but not in office settings.
