The Prime Minister on Friday, March 27, confirmed he had tested positive for COVID-19 after presenting mild symptoms over the past 24 hours.
The 55-year-old said in a video tweet that he has mild symptoms but will still lead the national response over video-conference.
In a video, Johnson said: ‘Hi folks I want to bring you up to speed on something that is happening today which is that I have developed mild symptoms of coronavirus, that is to say, temperature and a persistent cough, and on the advice of the chief medical officer I have taken a test.
‘That has come out positive so I am working from home, I am self-isolating.
‘That is 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 fightback against coronavirus.’
This comes after Prince Charleswas confirmed as infected with coronavirus earlier this week.
Other World leaders have also tested positive for the disease and they include;
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denied reports he tested positive for the coronavirus but has refused to publish his medical results.
A driver for Bolsonaro was rushed to the hospital Tuesday, March 24 with a respiratory illness and was tested for the coronavirus.
At least 23 others in Bolsonaro’s circle, including his U.S. ambassador, chief foreign policy adviser, and communications chief, have contracted the virus.
Franck Riester, French minister of culture, and Brune Poirson, the secretary of state to the minister of ecological and inclusive transition, both tested positive for the coronavirus.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, tested positive. He is 69 years old and previously worked as France’s former foreign minister.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tested negative for the coronavirus Monday, March 23, according to her spokesman, and would have further testing completed this week.
Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo was hospitalized on Sunday, March 22 with a respiratory infection and has been tested for the coronavirus, according to Reuters. Her test results have not come back yet.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., became the first U.S. senator to test positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, March 22, sending a wave of fear through the Republican-run upper chamber of Congress.
The world’s number of COVID-19 cases surged past 500,000 today, led by thousands of new cases in several European hot spots and accelerating activity in many parts of the United States.
According to a tracker run by Johns Hopkins University,America had surpassed virus hotspots China and Italy with 82,404 cases of infection by Friday 27th March 2020.
