Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus after showing “mild symptoms” announced on Friday, March 27.

“Now I am in quarantine, but I will continue to lead the government’s response through videoconferences while we fight this virus, together we will overcome it,” Johnson said in a video posted on Twitter in which he appeared to be flu-like.

A Downing Street spokesman said that the prime minister experienced mild symptoms on Thursday and was tested on the advice of the executive’s top medical adviser, Chris Whitty.

The test was conducted at his official residence.

A total of 11,658 cases have been confirmed so far in the UK, which recorded 578 deaths on Wednesday.

Earlier this week Prince Charles 71,, heir to the British throne, also tested positive for the virus.

In other countries, Prince Albert, the head of state of Monaco, and the wives of the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, were also infected.

The European Union’s chief negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier, and his British counterpart, David Frost, also announced that they have contracted the disease.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was quarantined on Sunday after being in contact with an infected doctor. A first test came back negative on Monday but more will be done.