Health Minister Nadine Dorries has spoken out after she was diagnosed with the coronavirus. It was confirmed earlier Dorries has COVID-19, becoming the first politician in the UK to have the virus .
Writing on her Twitter, the 62-year-old Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire said: "Thanks for so many good wishes. "It's been pretty rubbish but I hope I'm over the worst of it now. "More worried about my 84-year-old mum who is staying with me and began with the cough today. "She is being tested tomorrow.
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