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JOHNSON: "Hi, folks I want to bring you up to speed with something that’s happening today, which is i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus. That’s to say a temperature and a persistent cough. On the advice of the chief medical officer, I've taken a test. That has come out positive. So I am working from home, I'm self-isolating, and that’s entirely the right thing to do. But be in no doubt that I can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fightback against coronavirus. I want to thank everyone who is involved. I want to thank, of course, above all, our amazing NHS staff. It was very moving last night to join in that national clap for the NHS. But it's not just the NHS, it’s our police and social care workers and teachers, everybody who works in schools and DWP staff. It’s an amazing national effort by the public services, but also by every member of the British public who's volunteering, incredible response, 600,000 people have volunteered to take part in a great national effort to protect people from the consequences of coronavirus.”