{"id":3586,"date":"2020-03-27T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T12:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maadhouze.com\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2020-03-27T12:04:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T12:04:05","slug":"uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-tests-positive-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=3586","title":{"rendered":"UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tests Positive For Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_477163\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone amp-wp-inline-a0134dcf857a71341097c51411e90a88\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-477163\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-477163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Britain\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at a news conference addressing the government\u2019s response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London on March 12, 2020. Britain on Thursday said up to 10,000 people in the UK could be infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19, as it announced new measures to slow the spread of the pandemic.<br \/>\nSIMON DAWSON \/ POOL \/ AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minster made the announcement on Twitter saying: \u201cOver the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus.<br \/>\n\u201cI am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government\u2019s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.<br \/>\n\u201cTogether we will beat this. #StayHomeSaveLives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>Johnson said he is self-isolating and working from home. He said thanks to \u201cthe wizardry of modern technology\u201d he will continue to lead the national fightback against the virus.<\/div>\n<div>He thanked the NHS and everybody working to keep the country going through the pandemic and re-emphasised that staying at home is crucial to curbing the spread of the virus.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to Sky News, Downing Street said Mr Johnson had been tested on the advice of his chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty, having been experiencing \u201cmild symptoms\u201d on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe test was carried out in No 10 by NHS staff and the result of the test was positive,\u201d the statement added.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn keeping with the guidance, the Prime Minister is self-isolating in Downing Street.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at a news conference addressing the government\u2019s response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London on March 12, 2020. Britain on Thursday said up to 10,000 people in the UK could be infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19, as it announced new measures to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2405,2397,2394,2404],"class_list":["post-3586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-boris-johnson","tag-convid-19","tag-coronavirus","tag-uk-prime-minister"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3588,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions\/3588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}