U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus. Johnson said he has developed a temperature and a persistent cough over the past 24 hours in a video on his Twitter account.
"Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus," Johnson announced on Twitter on Friday.
"I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government's response via video conference as we fight this virus."
According to Public Health England, the U.K. had 11,658 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 578 deaths as of Thursday, March 26. There have been 3,919 cases in London alone.
In early February, as the UK took a different approach to much of the rest of Europe in its handling of the crisis which is termed as the herd immunity which they later dropped.
During a press conference at the beginning of March, Johnson said that he was “shaking hands with everyone continuously.” He added that had visited a hospital where “there were a few coronavirus patients, and I shook hands with everybody.”
On Wednesday, it was announced that Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, had tested positive for the coronavirus after showing mild symptoms. His office said that he was self-isolating at a royal estate in Scotland.
Johnson is among several high-profile politicians who have tested positive for the coronavirus amid the pandemic. Johnson had interacted with Nadine Dorries, a U.K. health minister, who tested positive for the virus on March 10.
Johnson government admits its strategy of allowing the virus to spread and build up immunity was a failure.
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