Health Minister Nadine Dorries has spoken of her fears for her 84-year-old mother after both were diagnosed with coronavirus.
The Tory minister said confirmation she had contracted Covid-19 was like "iced water trickling down my spine". Ms Dorries is self-isolating at home after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week and wrote in the Sunday Times of the news being a "game-changer" as she had not been abroad or come into contact with anyone who had.
The MP for Mid Bedfordshire also wrote of her fears for her 84-year-old mother who "is not in the best of health". She wrote in the paper of her diagnosis: "I stopped listening for a second as the thought flew through my mind: my mum is going to get it and it's my fault.
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