It is unclear whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson will emerge from self-isolation today, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock has said. The British leader was due to end his quarantine on April 3, but he is still showing symptoms.
"I don't know about his own personal medical condition. What I do know is I've been working with him every single day through this crisis," Hancock said of
Johnson on Friday. He added that he had "no idea" when the prime minister would leave isolation.
His lack of certainty supports earlier rumors that the PM would not be returning to his normal routine yet.
Asked on Thursday if he would leave isolation, his spokesman declined to go into details, stating only that: “We will follow the guidelines... you can rest assured on that.”
Johnson went into self-isolation after he tested positive for
coronavirus last Friday.
Hancock himself had been diagnosed with
Covid-19, but he was cleared to return to work after recovering.