Categories: HEALTHWORLD

BREAKING: UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock Tests Positive For Coronavirus [VIDEO]

United Kingdom Health Secretary, Matt Hancock said he has tested positive for coronavirus.

In a video posted on his Twitter, he confirmed he has Covid-19.

It comes hours after Boris Johnson announced he too had tested positive for the virus.

In a video on Twitter, the Prime Minister said he has “mild symptoms” and is self-isolating but says he will “continue to lead the government’s response”.

Mr. Johnson sat near to Matt Hancock at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday.

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The Prime Minister’s spokesman initially said he was “not aware of any further testing” when asked if the Health Secretary – and other Cabinet members – had been tested.

In a video posted on Twitter, Mr. Hancock said he was experiencing “mild symptoms” and said he would be self-isolating until next Thursday.

The Health Secretary said: “Fortunately for me the symptoms so far have been very mild so I’ve been able to carry on with the work driving forward the UK response.”

He also said a “massive thank you to everybody in the NHS, working in social care and right across the board on the response”.

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