{"id":39732,"date":"2020-11-15T21:11:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T21:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=39732"},"modified":"2020-11-15T21:11:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T21:11:56","slug":"boris-johnson-required-to-self-isolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/boris-johnson-required-to-self-isolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson feeling &#8220;great&#8221; after being required to self-isolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Prime Minister has been requested to self-isolate through the NHS track and trace app, after someone from Downing Street has tested positive.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No 10 confirmed that the PM has been in contact with a small group of MPs, including the MP for Ashfield, Lee Anderson, who later developed Covid-19 symptoms and has now tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>In a video on Monday,\u00a0Boris Johnson said he is feeling healthy and he urges others to stick to the rules and to self-isolate if contacted by The NHS Track and Trace.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi folks, I\u2019ve been instructed by our NHS Test &amp; Trace scheme to self-isolate for two weeks, after being in contact with someone with Covid-19. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in good health and have no symptoms, and will continue to lead on our response to the virus &amp; our plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BuildBackBetter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BuildBackBetter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yNgIme8lOz\">pic.twitter.com\/yNgIme8lOz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1328231093359812610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister will continue to work during the 10 days of self-isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Some say government advisers will work to find solutions that would allow Johnson to participate in Parliamentary meetings via electrical means.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Mr Johnson spent a meeting with Tory MP Lee Anderson, who then tested positive shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>Lee Anderson said he feels fine, but is worried about his wife.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ashfield MP Lee Anderson says he lost his sense of taste on Friday, was tested on Saturday and got a positive result on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He says he feels fine and biggest concern is his wife who is in the shielded group and tested positive as well.<\/p>\n<p>Here he was meeting the PM on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SRoy69M5AY\">pic.twitter.com\/SRoy69M5AY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hugh Casswell (@HughCasswell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HughCasswell\/status\/1328078098412220416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another Conservative MP, Andy Carter, has confirmed his requirement to self-isolate after attending the same meeting as Boris Johnson and MP Lee Anderson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, I had a call from test and trace yesterday following a work meeting at 10 Downing Street last Thursday.  In line with the rules I am self isolating. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZLWwqBytO\">https:\/\/t.co\/IZLWwqBytO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Carter (@MrAndy_Carter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndy_Carter\/status\/1328271539721170946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words by Norbert Tarnoczi | Subbed by Grace Staley\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister has been requested to self-isolate through the NHS track and trace app, after someone from Downing Street has tested positive.\u00a0 No 10 confirmed that the PM has been in contact with a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":39735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,128],"tags":[938,1588,3769,5002],"class_list":["post-39732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-story","tag-boris-johnson","tag-covid-19","tag-london","tag-prime-minister"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}