Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are not set to self-isolate despite holding a 45 minute meeting with Alok Sharma who is now self-isolating with coronavirus symptoms
Business Secretary Alok Sharma wipes his face during a speech in the House of Commons, London. Sharma has been tested for coronavirus after becoming visibly unwell in the debating chamber.Boris Johnson and the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak held a 45-minute meeting with the Business Secretary Alok Sharma, who is now self-isolating with coronavirus symptoms.
However, Johnson's spokesman insisted that both men had maintained a distance from Sunak during the meeting. The day before his Commons appearance Sharma attended a 45-minute meeting with Johnson and Sunak, Downing Street confirmed on Thursday. "The meeting which took place in Number 10 in the Cabinet room was properly socially distanced," the spokesman said.
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