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Breaking: British PM Johnson Tests Positive for Covid-19

Published 03/27/2020, 07:30 AM
Updated 03/27/2020, 07:32 AM
© Reuters.

By Geoffrey Smith 

Investing.com -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had tested positive for the Covid-19 Coronavirus and had developed mild symptoms.

Johnson is the first leader of a European country to confirm testing positive for the virus. In a brief video message, he said he would continue working, albeit in self-isolation.

The pound lost over a cent against the dollar before rebounding a little to be at $1.2224 by 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT) .

Latest comments

fake news
Karma. Trump next.
He will be ok !
Hope not. If this a war, he is a war criminal.
brave man, practicing his "herd immunity".
Salute
Don't worry, he will be well taken care of.. trust he has a production and standby ventilators waiting for his activation..
I pray he will be okay,..
it is trump’s turn now.
yes,covid-19 loves Trump.
This world will be safe if you guys stop eating anything and everything of anything that moves.
It is Xi’s turn now. Wait. He had it but recovered.
It seems fair to participate personally in his herd immunity experiment.
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