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It's claimed that she's self-quarantining now.

However, shouldn't everyone she had contact with be self-quarantining for 14 days now, to verify if they caught it from her or not? Is NHS recommending that? Are all her recent contacts (including these MPs) being traced and tested or quarantined?

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From the article:

> Public Health England had started tracing people she had had contact with, and the department and her parliamentary office were closely following its advice.

So that will probably happen within a day or two.

The idea of the Opposition passing legislation because all her government colleagues in the voting lobby are unable to attend due to being in self-isolation is an interesting one...

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

Well, that's not great. I hope all of them remain healthy or get well soon.

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