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		</div><p>Another British Cabinet minister has entered self-isolation over coronavirus after Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock tested positive for Covid-19.</p>
<p>Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said today that he would be following guidance and staying at home after developing mild symptoms, although he has not been tested.</p>
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<p>The British Prime Minister is continuing to command the response to the pandemic from Downing Street after he was diagnosed with the disease.</p>
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<p>He has been accused of failing to follow his own social distancing rules after Mr Hancock tested positive and their key lieutenant Professor Chris Whitty began self-isolating with symptoms.</p>
<p>The PM is likely to face further criticism after Mr Jack, the Conservative MP for Dumfries and Galloway, followed them into isolation.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson sat next to Mr Jack as he took Scottish questions at the despatch box in the House of Commons on Wednesday, immediately before Prime Minister’s Questions.</p>
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<p>Mr Hancock was to the Scottish Secretary’s other side on the front bench.</p>
<figure id="attachment_152414" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-152414" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-152414" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/54EE6518-6F05-467B-89E9-6A98333CD67F.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="338" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-152414" class="wp-caption-text">Alister Jack with Boris Johnson during Scottish Questions in the Commons on Wednesday</figcaption></figure>
<p>On Saturday, Mr Jack announced he had developed a mild temperature and a cough “in the past 24 hours” and would continue working from home.</p>
<p>He had travelled back to his constituency as Parliament closed because of the pandemic on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Other key figures will be increasingly wary of developing symptoms after the virus struck at the heart of Government.</p>
<p>It is highly likely that Prof. Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, will be awaiting results of his own test for the virus</p>
<p>The 55-year-old Prime Minister, who had a high temperature and persistent cough, is continuing to lead efforts to slow the virus’s spread from his flat above No 11 Downing Street.</p>
<p>Concerns are rife over which other key figures could be affected, with British Chancellor Rishi Sunak having been with the PM shortly before he tested positive.</p>
<p>Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill was also with Mr Johnson, Mr Hancock and Prof Whitty at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Neither the Chancellor nor Sir Mark had displayed symptoms by Friday night so they had not been tested and were not in isolation.</p>
<p>The PM and Mr Hancock were only showing “mild symptoms” but would have to spend seven days in isolation.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson noticed symptoms on Thursday afternoon before receiving test results at midnight.</p>
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<p>At the latest of the Government’s daily press conferences, Cabinet minister Michael Gove declined to be drawn on whether MPs had been too slow to practise social distancing.</p>
<p>He just said the diagnosis of Mr Johnson and Mr Hancock showed the “virus does not discriminate”, warning: “We are all at risk.”</p>
<p>By Mr Gove’s side, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said testing would begin on NHS staff for coronavirus from next week, following widespread concern.</p>
<p>He also announced that he had given the go-ahead to two new temporary hospitals being built in Birmingham and Manchester to join a facility under development in London.</p>
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