We have never had a moment like this before in our history: a time when the Prime Minister is, in the most personal way possible, fighting the very problem his government is trying to tackle.
After Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus, he insisted that he would keep leading the government from self-isolation in Downing Street.

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