TWO more government ministers were in self isolation tonight amid fears they may have caught coronavirus from Nadine Dorries.
A Cabinet minister – who The Sun has chosen not to name for family reasons – has been tested and will get the results tomorrow.
Health minister Edward Argar and an unnamed Cabinet minister are in self-isolation tonightCredit: London News Pictures
It comes after health minister Nadine Dorries tested positive for coronavirus yesterdayCredit: Andrew Parsons
Ms Dorries’ office in Parliament was one of two sealed offCredit: Twitter/Paul Brand
Meanwhile Health Minister Edward Argar has also self isolated after having lunch with Ms Dorries last week.
He was seen coughing at the dispatch box in the Commons yesterday.
Hours later Ms Dorries, also a junior health minister, revealed she had tested positive for coronavirus and quarantined herself at home.
One of her staff also fell ill, raising fears of an outbreak in Parliament as officials tried to trace people she was in contact with.
At least six MPs are now thought to be in self-isolation, including Tory MP Charles Walker.
Labour MP Rachael Maskell has also revealed that she has been told to self isolate over after she met Ms Dorries.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab admitted he had been tested after he coughed repeatedly during today’s Budget.
He said he was at the tail end of a cold, adding: Ive been checked and it was negative.
Dominic Raab coughed during today’s Budget but said he had tested negative for coronavirusCredit: supplied by Pixel8000 07917221968
Health secretary Matt Hancock said this evening he does not need to be tested for the virus and vowed Parliament will remain open through the crisis.
He said an emergency bill tomorrow will put forward drastic new measures after the number of cases in the UK rose to 460 with eight deaths.
Mr Hancock said: “The best way to beat it is for us to work together and we’ll do whatever it takes, we’ll give the NHS whatever it needs and we’ll do all that we can to keep people safe and get through this together as a Parliament and as a nation.”
Earlier the Chancellor Rishi Sunak promised billions to help Britain’s economy recover from the inevitable hit when workers go sick and business slows.
PM Boris Johnson will chair an emergency Cobra meeting tomorrow and is set to say the nation is moving to the second “delay” stage of the battle plan.
He will put Brits on notice that they could face sweeping restrictions on their lives.
The public could be told to start working from home and to scale back their socialising as the country tries to get a grip on the outbreak.
It comes after the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 coronavirus is now officially a global pandemic.
Labour MP Rachael Maskell has revealed that she has been told to self isolate after she met Ms DorriesCredit: Getty Images – Getty
People in face masks walk past the Houses of Parliament todayCredit: Reuters
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