Gillian Keegan, the Health Minister and MP for Chichester has taken to Twitter to apologise after she continued an in-person meeting following a positive Covid test.
Messages from her Twitter followers were generally positive, praising her for her honesty and compassion towards the three men she was speaking to.
It is unclear what "further precautions" Ms Keegan took upon receiving the positive result and how long before the meeting the test was taken.
Pressed on Ms Keegan's revelation, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Pat McFadden said:
"Well, I think if you test positive you should probably go home."
The health minister posted on social media that she is "now isolating at home" and feels "fine".
Asked about the situation on ITV's Good Morning Britain, Health minister Ed Argar said Ms Keegan "made an error of judgement" but had "issued a fulsome apology".
"She has clearly issued a fulsome apology there, that she did make an error of judgement. She was open about that and she accepted she made an error of judgement," he said.
Mr Argar added:
"What I would say about Gillian here is that was something she instantly realised - she'd made an error of judgement, she has put that message out, she has apologised, she has acknowledged it.
"She moved very swiftly to apologise."
Asked if people should isolate immediately if they test positive for coronavirus, Mr Argar continued: "Yes - and she made clear that she got that wrong and she has apologised for that."
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