Wednesday, March 11, 2020

UK Health Minister has coronavirus

A UK Health Minister, Nadine Dorries, is in self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus, sparking alarm through political circles about who else in Westminster may be infected. 

 

The 62 year-old MP hopes she's "over the worst" after being laid up with a fever and cough since the weekend.

 

But health officials are scrambling to track down all those who have been in contact with her since she started to feel ill, including the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who hosted an event at Downing Street that she attended recently. 

 

Benji Hyer reports from London. 


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