Grimsby MP self-isolating after meeting Boris Johnson
Lia Nici has no symptoms and will be working from home
Last updated 16th Nov 2020
Grimsby MP Lia Nici has confirmed she's self-isolating after meeting with Prime-Minister Boris Johnson and Ashfield MP Lee Anderson.
She's going to continue working from home and doesn't have any symptoms of the virus. Ms. Nici was contacted by Test & Trace after Mr. Anderson tested positive.
Last week she met with Boris Johnson "including fishing, educational attainment, renewables, employment opportunities and Covid-19."
The PM himself is also isolating, along with four other Tory MPs, after attending a meeting with Lee Anderson.
Mr. Johnson says he's feeling "great" on his first day working from Downing Street in isolation.
On Sunday night, Downing Street said Mr Johnson would present a committed policy launch on social justice, "levelling up'' and coronavirus over the coming weeks following the sudden exit from No 10 of Mr Cummings and Mr Cain.
No 10 said the "critical announcements'' due over the coming weeks would send a "clear signal of his ongoing ambitions for the United Kingdom''.
It is also a pivotal week for Brexit, as negotiations with the EU reach their final phase.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock will host a No 10 press conference on Monday evening which Mr Johnson had been expected to lead.
Mr Johnson was advised to self-isolate after attending a 35-minute meeting with a small group of MPs in Downing Street on Thursday morning.
It included Mr Anderson, MP, for Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, who said he lost his sense of taste on Friday and, after being tested on Saturday, received a positive result on Sunday morning.
The two men were not wearing face coverings and did not appear to be two metres apart in a photo taken at Downing Street which Mr Anderson posted on Facebook.
Asked if Mr Johnson would be able to take part remotely in Commons events, such as Prime Minister's Question Time on Wednesday, a Number 10 spokesperson said: ""I think that's what they are trying to work through.''