UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Saturday stated he has examined optimistic for COVID-19 and is self-isolating at residence with “very mild” signs.
In a tweet, the senior Cabinet minister wrote: “This morning I examined optimistic for Covid. I’m ready for my PCR outcome, however fortunately I’ve had my jabs and signs are gentle.
“Please make sure you come forward for your vaccine if you haven’t already,” Javid stated, a day after the UK recorded greater than 50,000 each day circumstances for the primary time since mid-January.
On Tuesday, Javid, 51, visited a care residence in Streatham, south London, and earlier that day he was in Parliament.
He received the optimistic take a look at from a lateral circulate take a look at that he took after feeling “a bit groggy” on Friday night time and says he’s now self-isolating at residence together with his household.
“I was feeling a bit groggy last night, so I took a lateral flow test this morning and it’s come out positive, so I’m now self-isolating at home with my family until I get the results of a PCR test,” the Pakistani-origin minister stated in a video posted to his Twitter account.
“I’m grateful that I’ve had two jabs of the vaccine and so far, my symptoms are very mild,” he stated.
Javid additionally stated individuals who felt groggy or got here into contact with somebody who’s optimistic ought to take a lateral circulate take a look at.
“If everyone plays their part, you’re not only protecting yourself and your loved ones but you’re also safeguarding the National Health Service (NHS) and helping to preserve our way of life,” he added.
Javid, a former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, began his new function within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) final month, changing Matt Hancock who resigned after a leaked CCTV footage confirmed him kissing an aide and former lobbyist Gina Coladangelo in his ministerial workplace.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Hancock each caught COVID-19 throughout the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, with the previous being admitted to intensive care unit at a hospital in London after falling severely ailing.
From Monday, lockdown guidelines will finish in England, with instructed steering changing authorized norms on face masks and social gatherings.
Meanwhile, the newest each day whole of coronavirus circumstances within the UK stands at 51,870 –– the very best determine since 15 January –– and 49 deaths.
Some specialists have referred to as for some authorized restrictions, together with on face masks, to be saved in place whereas the an infection price stays excessive.
