Boris Johnson

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus.

He made  this disclosure via his twitter handle.

The Prime Minister said: “I’m working from home and self-isolating and that’s entirely the right thing to do.

“But, be in no doubt that I can continue thanks to the wizardry of modern technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight-back against coronavirus.

“I want to thank everybody involved and, of course, our amazing NHS staff.

“So thank you to everybody who’s doing what I’m doing, working from home to stop the spread of the virus from household to household,” he added.

Mr Johnson said he had developed mild symptoms over the past 24 hours, including a temperature and cough.

He is self-isolating in Downing Street but said he will “continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus”.

The Prime Minister was tested at No 10 by NHS staff on the personal advice of England’s Chief Medical Officer, Prof. Chris Whitty, Downing Street said.