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Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says she has been diagnosed with coronavirus.

Ms Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions after finding out, and had been self-isolating at home.

It comes as a sixth person died from the virus in the UK, which has a total of 382 cases.

The latest person to die was a man in his early 80s who had underlying health conditions.

Meanwhile, NHS England said it was scaling up its capacity for testing people for the infection, with the number of cases set to rise.

That will mean 10,000 tests a day can be done - currently 1,500 are being carried out.

Confirmation of any positive test results will also be accelerated with most people getting a result back within 24 hours.

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Ms Dorries, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, said in a statement that Public Health England had started tracing people she had had contact with, and the department and her parliamentary office were closely following its advice.

The 62-year-old, who began her career as a nurse, later tweeted that it had been "pretty rubbish but I hope I'm over the worst of it now".

But she added she was worried about her 84-year-old mother who was staying with her and began to cough on Tuesday.

It is not known how many meetings Ms Dorries had attended at Westminster or in her constituency in recent days.

The Department of Health said she first showed symptoms on Thursday - the same day she attended a Downing Street event hosted by the prime minister - and had been self-isolating since Friday.

No 10 did not comment on whether Boris Johnson had undergone testing, or whether he will now be tested.

All health ministers, including Health Secretary Matt Hancock, are to undergo testing for the virus, along with other officials who have come into contact with Ms Dorries.

Mr Hancock tweeted that she had "done the right thing" by self-isolating at home and wished "her well as she recovers".

He added: "I understand why people are worried about this disease. We will do all we can to keep people safe, based on the best possible science."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51827356?

Who's gonna look out for the UK girls now? Very reassuring... 

[Hatsumomo]

They keep picking out these isolated public figures to make headlines. Something ain't right. 

[Purple Moon]

They keep picking out these isolated public figures to make headlines. Something ain't right.

Are you saying "they" are claiming these public figures got infected to cause panic? lol

[Sinpool]

The latest person to die was a man in his early 80s who had underlying health conditions

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I think this is a distraction now. 

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Be safe Jayda 

[Purple Moon]

I think this is a distraction now.

further elaborate please, i don't buy your theory.

[Seashell]

how ironic 

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Yikes.

Time for a uk lockdown.

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[Buy The Stars✨]

I think this is a distraction now.

!!!!

But what from?!?

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https://twitter.com/llingajo/status/1237282438319046662

🎺 hun

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They are trying to lock down and contain the spread because if they don't, one sixth of the older population could be wiped out.  That would be catastrophic for healthcare systems around the world, not to mention economies. It's serious whether we want to believe it or not. 

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Tbh they need to go.

Maybe they will lower the retirement age again