Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock, the UK's health secretary and Newmarket's MP, on Friday tested positive for COVID-19. Hancock was tested after displaying mild symptoms. He tweeted on Friday: "Thank you so much for all the kind messages since I announced I have coronavirus. Thankfully for me it is mild but I'm just so glad the NHS is there in case it were worse. "Thankfully my symptoms are mild and I'm working from home and self-isolating. Vital we follow the advice to protect our NHS and save lives." Hancock is a proponent of...

In an echo of World War II Ministry of Information posters, the message from the British government as of Tuesday was very much 'keep calm and carry on' in light of growing concerns regarding the spread of coronavirus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, a racing fan whose West Suffolk constituency includes Newmarket, took to the airwaves on Tuesday morning and in an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme said, "Today we are still in the contain phase of the plan which is about trying to stop its spread. There are...