No 10 insists rules were followed at meeting as Boris Johnson and MPs self-isolate

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has been told to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19 (Aaron Chown/PA)

Downing Street has insisted that social distancing was observed at a meeting between Boris Johnson and Conservative MPs, despite all attendees being told to self-isolate after one tested positive for Covid-19.

The British Prime Minister has said he is “fit and well” after he was instructed in an email from NHS Test and Trace to isolate for 14 days after Lee Anderson, the MP for Ashfield, subsequently fell ill with coronavirus.