PM Johnson tests negative for COVID-19, continues to self-isolate

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend a cabinet meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, Britain November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested negative for COVID-19, his spokesman said on Tuesday, but the British leader will continue to self isolate according to government guidance.

“He took a test yesterday and that test was negative but he will in accordance with the rules on self isolation continue to self isolate,” the spokesman told reporters.

Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; editing by Stephen Addison

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