UK Prime minister Boris Johnson confirms Covid-19 self-isolation in Twitter video
16 November 2020 |
2:30 pm
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirms in a Twitter video that he has been asked to self-isolate for 14 days by the UK's test and trace system after coming into contact with someone who had Covid-19.
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