Pregnant Carrie Symonds worried about moving back to No10 after Boris Johnson is given all-clear from coronavirus

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Mum-to-be Carrie Symonds has been in enforced separation from the PM since he tested positive for the disease three days ago.

Carrie Symonds is agonising over whether to move back to No10 after Boris Johnson gets the all-clear

And she is now agonising over whether to move back into Downing Street after her future husband is given the all-clear.

Government advisers have warned that Westminster is a hotbed for the raging virus – with three Cabinet ministers and several officials already in self-isolation.

Ms Symonds, 32, who is about six months pregnant, left Downing Street at least ten days ago and has been self-isolating in her £1.2million home in South London.

The couple will be kept apart until Mr Johnson until he passes the infectious period towards next weekend.

But even then she has doubts about moving back into the PM’s official residence while the pandemic is nearing its peak.

A source said: “Like millions of other people, Boris and Carrie are finding their lives badly disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak.

“They long to be together but the stay at home rules apply to them like everyone else.

“Some pals have told her she’s best staying well away from No 10 for the foreseeable future. It’s a tough call.

“Even when Boris is given the all-clear, it might be risky to move back in with all the people working there who have shown symptoms.”

The PM chaired the No10 morning Covid-19 meeting by video link yesterday

BORIS LEADING BATTLE

Mr Johnson will be working 24/7 leading the fight against the pandemic and the couple are resigned to seeing much less of each other in the weeks ahead.

Experts say unborn babies are unlikely to be exposed to coronavirus and there is no evidence of an increased risk of miscarriage for pregnant women.

It is unlikely Mr Johnson would be able to move into Ms Symonds’s apartment for security reasons, let alone his workload.

A No 10 spokesman on Saturday night declined to discuss where Mr Johnson’s future wife is staying – or her future residency plans.

Business Secretary Alok Sharma on Saturday insisted there are “no gaps in Government” despite Mr Johnson and three key figures entering self-isolation over coronavirus.

He said the PM is still “leading the response from the front” – behind closed doors in Downing Street – after testing positive.

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Scottish Secretary Alister Jack earlier announced he was following guidance and self-isolating after developing mild symptoms, although he has not been tested.

Both the PM and Health Secretary Matt Hancock are confirmed cases while England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty is self-isolating with symptoms.

Mr Sharma stepped up to take the daily coronavirus press conference after Covid-19 struck at the heart of Government, affecting the key figures tackling the outbreak.

He said: “The Prime Minister has had mild symptoms but he’s absolutely leading the response from the front.

“I want to be very clear about that, there are no gaps in Government. We are collectively all working very hard, led by the Prime Minister.”

Boris Johnson announced on Friday that he had tested positive for coronavirus

PM CRITICISED

Despite being sealed into his flat above 11 Downing Street, the PM held a video conferencing call on Saturday.

Mr Johnson has been accused of failing to follow his own social distancing rules after key lieutenants followed him into self-isolation over the virus.

The criticism of the 55-year-old Prime Minister, who had a high temperature and persistent cough, is only likely to be amplified by Mr Jack developing symptoms.

Mr Johnson sat next to the MP for Dumfries and Galloway as he took Scottish questions at the despatch box in the House of Commons on Wednesday.

Mr Hancock was to the Scottish Secretary’s other side on the front bench as they gathered ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions.

On Saturday, Mr Jack announced he had developed a mild temperature and a cough “in the past 24 hours” and would continue working from home.

He had travelled back to his constituency as Parliament closed because of the pandemic on Wednesday.

CABINET FEARS

Concerns are rife over which other key figures could be affected, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak having been with the PM shortly before he tested positive.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill was also with Mr Johnson, Mr Hancock and Prof Whitty at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

Neither the Chancellor nor Sir Mark had displayed symptoms by Friday night so they had not been tested and were not in isolation.

The PM and Mr Hancock were only showing “mild symptoms” but will have to spend seven days in isolation.

Mr Johnson noticed symptoms on Thursday afternoon before receiving test results at midnight.

On Saturday the death toll topped 1,000 after the biggest day-on-day leap in fatalities since the outbreak.

The jump in Covid-19-related deaths in the UK from 759 to 1,019 is an increase of 260.

More than 120,000 coronavirus tests have taken place, with more than 17,000 positive results.