{"id":51966,"date":"2020-03-27T06:49:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T11:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=51966"},"modified":"2020-03-27T06:49:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T11:49:08","slug":"uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-tests-positive-for-covid-19-as-russia-hungary-expand-lockdowns-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=51966","title":{"rendered":"UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tests Positive For COVID-19 As Russia, Hungary Expand Lockdowns: Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/house-prepares-vote-2-trillion-stimulus-bill-us-reports-more-1300-deaths-covid-19-live\">UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tests Positive For COVID-19 As Russia, Hungary Expand Lockdowns: Live Updates<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Boris Johnson tests positive<\/li><li>US stock futures turn lower after 3-day rebound<\/li><li>Global case total nears 538k<\/li><li>US case total nears 86k, with ~1300 deaths<\/li><li>China border closure begins<\/li><li>1 in 10 Americans say they know somebody with the virus<\/li><li>South Africa lockdown begins as country confirms first 2 deaths<\/li><li>Hong Kong reports 65 new cases, largest daily jump<\/li><li>Singapore makes standing too close to somebody else illegal<\/li><li>North Korea says 2,280 people still in quarantine<\/li><li>All of Russia placed on lockdown<\/li><li>Hungary PM announces lockdown plans<\/li><li>Israel mobilizes army to enforce lockdowns<\/li><li>President Xi, Trump promise to &#8220;unite&#8221; to fight virus during call<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update (0720ET):&nbsp;<\/strong>Just days after placing his entire country on a strict lockdown, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coronavirus: &#8216;stay at home and save lives&#8217; says Boris Johnson as UK enters tighter lockdown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,&#8221; Johnson tweeted. &#8220;I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government\u2019s response via video-conference as we fight this virus. Together we will beat this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson was tested on the advice of England&#8217;s chief medical officer, a spokesman&nbsp; said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His symptoms are said to be &#8216;mild&#8217; and he will continue to run the country while self-isolating, just as Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>UK PM JOHNSON HAS MILD SYMPTOMS AND WILL SELF ISOLATE<\/li><li>&nbsp;UK PM JOHNSON WILL STILL BE IN CHARGE OF UK GOVT HANDLING OF CRISIS<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In a twitter message, Johnson seems to be doing okay. &#8220;We will get through it,&#8221; he said in a tweeted video message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tests Positive For COVID-19 As Russia, Hungary Expand Lockdowns: Live Updates Summary:&nbsp; Boris Johnson tests positive US stock futures turn lower after 3-day rebound Global case total nears 538k US case total nears 86k, with ~1300 deaths China border closure begins 1 in 10 Americans say they know somebody with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[14089,28817,820,855,4318],"class_list":["post-51966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-boris-johnson","tag-coronavirus","tag-uk","tag-viral-pandemic","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51968,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51966\/revisions\/51968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}