Boris Johnson is dealing with recent questions on alleged Covid rule-breaking amid claims he didn’t self-isolate final January after coming into shut contact with a Downing Road aide who later examined constructive for the an infection.
The prime minister stood close to No 10’s videographer on 31 December 2020 whereas recording his official new yr message because the UK was about to be hit with its second wave of the virus, sources instructed the Day by day Mirror.
The videographer examined constructive for Covid after the message was recorded.
They knowledgeable No 10 officers and different employees members within the room had been requested to self-isolate for 10 days, however the PM was not.
A Downing Road spokesperson insisted that Mr Johnson didn’t break any rules as a result of social distancing measures had been adopted all through the recording.
However pictures of the recording posted on the image-sharing web site Flickr might increase questions on whether or not or not Mr Johnson did in reality preserve a two-metre distance between himself and the videographer, as set out in official steering.
A supply instructed the Mirror that the videographer, who was not carrying a face masks, stood “face-to-face” with the PM for round quarter-hour The supply additionally recommended Mr Johnson and the aide stood lower than 2m aside in the course of the recording.
Official steering on the time outlined that anyone who got here inside two metres, for greater than quarter-hour, of any person who later examined constructive for Covid had been required to self-isolate.
Lower than per week after the recording happened England was plunged into its third nationwide lockdown as Covid instances soared and hospitals throughout the nation started to refill with the sickest sufferers.
A Downing Road spokesperson stated: “The prime minister was socially distanced from the person who subsequently examined constructive and the period of the filming was shorter than quarter-hour.
“This has been reaffirmed by these current. He was not suggested to isolate as the foundations didn’t require him to take action.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
