UK PM Boris Johnson’s chief adviser self-isolates after Covid-19 symptoms

Dominic Cummings, chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on Monday has become the latest person at the top of the British government to go into self-isolation, as the leading expert cautioned that the wide variety of cases in the UK might be slowing down.

Cummings, 48, has been  a leading if arguable figure within the Brexit campaign and joined Johnson in Downing Street in July 2019 after he became a top minister. He joins Johnson and different characters who have been with coronavirus.

These consist of health secretary Matt Hancock, Scotland secretary Alister Jack and leader scientific officer for England Chris Whitty. Johnson is continuing to steer the government’s response while remaining in  self-isolation, officials said.

Prince Charles’ office introduced that he has come out of self-isolation and is in desirable fitness.

Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist from Imperial College whose modelling contributed to the authorities’ selection to impose the continuing three-week lockdown, stated new information was showing symptoms that social distancing measures have been beginning to work.

He told BBC: “In the UK, we can see a few early signs and symptoms of slowing in a few indicators. Less so in deaths, because deaths are lagged by a long time from while the measures come into force. But we examine the numbers of latest clinic admissions today, for instance, that does appear to be slowing down a little bit now”.

“It’s now not yet plateaued as the numbers are increasing every day, but the price of that growth has slowed. We see  similar styles in some of the European countries,” he stated, including that 3-5% of humans in imperative London might also have been infected.

London has emerged as a hotspot for the virus, with one-third of the cases within the UK. Recent information indicates that Birmingham and the West Midlands have also ended up a hotspot.