Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister’s chief adviser, is self-isolating after developing symptoms in line with those of coronavirus over the weekend, a Number 10 source has confirmed to PA.
He will be staying in contact with the rest of the Downing Street team during his quarantine period.
It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and |Health Secretary Matt Hancock both tested positive for the new coronavirus Covid-19 last week.
Cummings is a British political strategist who has served as Chief Adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson since July 2019.
From 2007 to 2014, he was a Special Adviser to Michael Gove, including while the latter served as Secretary of State for Education, before he was dismissed by Prime Minister David Cameron. From 2015 to 2016, Cummings was Director of the successful Vote Leave campaign, an organisation opposed to continued British membership of the European Union that took an active part in the 2016 referendum campaign for Brexit.
