LONDON, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Britain’s Labour leader, Keir Starmer, self-isolates again after a member of his staff tested positive for COVID-19, yesterday.
“Keir is well and not showing any symptoms. He will now be working from home,” said a spokesperson.
The Labour leader is expected to remain in quarantine until Dec 16, after being in contact with the staff member on Tuesday, Sky News reported.
Starmer went into self-isolation in Sept, after one of his children showed symptoms. He went back to work later, after the child tested negative for the virus.
The latest development came, a week after British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, came out of his isolation, after having had contact with an MP, who tested positive for COVID-19.
England is currently under a new three-tier system of restrictions that replaced the month-long national lockdown in England, which ended on Wednesday.
Under the new system, shops are allowed to re-open, giving a Christmas bonanza to the struggling retail sector, but all bars and restaurants, in the toughest Tier 3 areas, will remain closed. The system put about 98 percent of England into the highest Tiers 2 and 3.
To bring life back to normal, countries such as Britain, China, Germany, Russia and the United States are racing against time to develop COVID-19 vaccines.– NNN-AGENCIES
