CABINET Office minister Michael Gove had to abandon a meeting with Boris Johnson and leaders of the devolved nations yesterday after he was notified he may have come into contact with someone who had coronavirus on a trip to Portugal.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster had gone to Porto with his son to watch the Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City.
Gove has been alerted through the NHS app that he may have been in contact with someone who had the virus.
The Daily Mail reported that it is believed the contact happened on the flight home from Porto.
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The Cabinet Office confirmed Gove had been pinged by the app.
A spokesman for Gove said: "The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is participating in the daily contact testing programme after being advised to isolate today by NHS Test and Trace.
"He has followed COVID-19 regulations and guidance at all times and will continue to do so."
Gove had been due to meet the first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland with the Prime Minister in a bid to strengthen the union.
Instead of self-isolating for 10 days, Gove will be able to take part in a pilot scheme for workplaces, including No 10, where he can instead be tested every day for a week.
Nicola Sturgeon said that “nothing substantial” had come from the meeting with Boris Johnson.
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Sturgeon and her counterpart in Wales, First Minister Mark Drakeford, said that they both made clear to Johnson that a “power grab” and “muscling in” on devolved spending areas would not help.
In fact, Welsh Labour leader Drakeford warned the PM he could cause the break-up of the UK if he decides to “steal powers and steal money” from the Welsh government.
Meanwhile, Sturgeon said that although there wasn’t much substance to the discussions, she hopes that there will be in future.
Speaking to the BBC after the summit, she said: “It was a frank discussion, you know, I and indeed the First Minister of Wales made clear that if we are to have good faith discussions about working together where we can then that’s not helped by the power grab and the UK Government trying to muscle in on devolved spending."
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