take a listentothemessagefromtheprimeminister, whichhepostedonhisTwitteraccountinthelastfewminutes.
Hifacts.
I wanttobringyouuptospeedwithsomethingthat's happeningtoday, whichisthat I'vedevelopedmildsymptomsofftheCoronavirus.
That's tosay, a temperatureand a persistentcoughonontheadviceofthechiefmedicalofficer, I'vetaken a testthathascomeoutpositive, So I amworkingfromhome.
I'm selfisolatingAndi.
That's entirelytherightthingtodo.
Butbeinnodoubtthat I cancontinueourthankstothewizardryofmoderntechnologytocommunicatewithallmytopteamtoleadthenationalfightbackagainstCoronavirus, and I wanttothankeverybodywho's involved.
I wanttothinkthat, ofcourse, aboveallouramazingNHSstaff.
Sotheprimeministergivingthenewsthey'reoffhisownpositivetestforCoronavirus, sayingthathedeveloped a temperatureon a cough, mildsymptomsonontheadviceofthechiefmedicalofficer, hetook a testandithascomebackpositivebuttypicallyconfidentandpositiveexpressinghisthankstoNHSstaffexpressinghisthanksandtothecountryondashisconfidencethatthecountrywouldovercomethemevirus.
Let's talknowtoJamesForsyth, whois a spectatorcolumnist.
I thinkeverygameyousaiditis a classicallyBorisJohnson, verypositive, butobviouslyhe's goingtoneedthegovernment's response.
But I thinkthey'llbe a lotofconcerninWhitehallbecauseobviouslyhehasbeingincontactwithmanyofthekeyfiguresfordealingwiththiscrisisinthepastfewdays.
Untilitdoes, undoubtedlydoescomplicatebeingborn a governmentlevel.
Andi, heobviouslyyousaidhewaspositivethere.
I mean, hesaidhissymptomsweremildoncoming.
Justjusttalkingfor a momentlongeraboutthePrimeMinisterhimselfandhishealth.
Hedoeslookinthatvideowell, andhedoessoundwell.
So I supposewhiletheconcernsthatyouexpressaboutthewiderinfectionsthatmightbegoingonintermsofhisownpersonalhealth, helooksingoodshape.
Yeah, I thinkit's importantifthepublichealthadviceisanyonewiththetemperatureand a courtmustoutliketheybook 14 dayswhenthepunishedhimselfhasobviouslygottofollowthathecan't carryongoingtoworkwhenhe's tellingeverybodyelsenot.
I think a lotofstuffinWhitehallisalreadyhappeningremotely.
Well, let's talkthenaboutthatinmoredetailbecauseuntilrecentlytheprimeministerhasbeenconductingthosenewsconferenceswith a largenumberofjournalistsintheroom.