Tameside MP and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has said she believes she has caught coronavirus and is self-isolating.
Shortly after the Prime Minister announced this morning that he had tested positive for the virus, the Labour frontbencher tweeted jokingly : “So me and Boris Johnson having the virus is pure coincidence - honest.” She told the M.E.N.
she has not been tested, unlike the Prime Minister, but is staying at home with a headache, breathlessness, high temperature, dry cough and a sore throat.
The Ashton-Under-Lyne MP - who is also favourite to win the party’s deputy leadership race - used the opportunity to stress the importance of people following social distancing measures and adhering to the government’s lockdown.
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