AN MP who believes he has coronavirus has praised the work of frontline services and volunteers in responding to the pandemic.
Dumfries and Galloway MP Alister Jack is working from home in self-isolation and says he has been heartened by community efforts to support vulnerable people across his constituency.
Mr Jack believes he may have contracted the virus at Westminster where a number of MPs and officials have been infected.
The Secretary of State for Scotland said: “I initially developed a slight temperature together with a sore throat and cough.”
“So far my symptoms have been at the milder end of the scale although, this does feel, as we all know, a particularly vicious virus,” he said. He has not yet been tested.
He praised all frontline NHS workers, pharmacies, other emergency services, the local authority, specialist agencies and volunteers.
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