Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has tested positive for Covid just hours after being in the Commons today.
Ms Truss was in a busy House of Commons today after the release of the Sue Gray report regarding Partygate.
She announced the news on Twitter, writing: "I tested positive for Covid this evening.
"Thankfully I’ve had my three jabs and will be working from home while I isolate.
I tested positive for Covid this evening.
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) January 31, 2022
Thankfully I’ve had my three jabs and will be working from home while I isolate.
She is the second Cabinet Minister to test positive today after Nadhim Zahawi.
Whilst at the Commons announcement, Ms Truss was sat next to Home Secretary Priti Patel and Health Secretary Sajid Javid without a mask.
She then attended a meeting of the Conservative party addressed by Boris Johnson.
Ms Truss had been due to accompany Mr Johnson on a visit to Ukraine on Tuesday where the Prime Minister will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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