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Keir Starmer Out Of Self-Isolation After Child Tests Negative For Coronavirus

The Labour leader said he was “pleased and relieved”.
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Keir Starmer has said he is “pleased and relieved” that a coronavirus test result for one of his children had come back negative.

The Labour leader had been in self-isolation since Monday after one of his children experienced symptoms.

I'm very pleased and relieved that the test result for one of my children came back negative this morning.

Thank you to the NHS hospital where my wife works for ensuring that their staff and family members have quick access to a test.

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) September 16, 2020

However, I know the situation is desperate at the moment for thousands of families across the country who are struggling to get a test.

They deserve answers and for this problem to be fixed.

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) September 16, 2020

Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, will still stand in for Stamer at PMQs today.

Boris Johnson will still take the session, despite the convention that the other side nominates someone else to stand if the prime minister or leader of the Opposition is absent.

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