Boris Johnson stood, without a mask and probably less than two metres apart, next to MP Lee Anderson seemed unremarkable enough at the time it was taken last week.
But it has led to the PM having to self-isolate after he came into close contact with the 53-year-old Ashfield Conservative MP, who later tested positive for coronavirus, along with two other MPs at the meeting.
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