UK PM Johnson Tests Negative for COVID-19

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested negative for COVID-19 and is not displaying any symptoms of the virus, his spokesman affirmed on Monday.

Johnson, who has received both doses of a vaccine, is isolating at his country residence until July 26 after he was identified as a close contact of health minister Sajid Javid.

On Sunday, Johnson avoided self-isolation after being pinged for contact with Covid-positive Health Minister Sajid Javid.

The Prime Minister and chancellor Rishi Sunak have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace as contacts of Javid, who has tested positive for Covid-19, but will avoid self-isolation under a “daily contact testing” pilot scheme.

On her part, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said Johnson and Sunak were treating the public with “contempt”.

“Sorry for the unparliamentary language but this just takes the pi**,” Rayner wrote on Twitter. “Not following the rules that they created and which they expect my constituents to follow.”

Moreover, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey noted it was a case of “one rule for them and another rule for everyone else”, while Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley said that in voicing his response “anger doesn’t cover it”.