An MP representing Mapperley is self-isolating after learning a member of staff they share an office with is undergoing tests for coronavirus.
Nadia Whittome, who is Labour MP for Nottingham East, said: “I have today decided to self-isolate at home in Nottingham, on the advice of NHS 111, after learning a member of parliamentary staff with whom I share an office with is undergoing tests for Covid-19 (coronavirus) and having myself developed symptoms consistant with Covid-19.”
Ms Whittome also slammed the government’s response to the crisis.
I have today started to self-isolate at home in Nottingham, on the advice of NHS 111.
— Nadia Whittome MP (@NadiaWhittomeMP) March 13, 2020
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She said: “Like many MPs, I am increasingly alarmed by the slow pace of the UK government’s response to this crisis.
“A decade of cuts has left the NHS starved of cash, with massive staff shortages and one of the worst ratios of intensive care beds per population in Europe.
“I, and every other Labour colleague, will be holding the government to account on securing new beds and resources, and putting in place emergency measures to bring in new staff.”
