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LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest telecoms
group BT said its chief executive, Philip Jansen, tested
positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, a latest high-profile figure
to be affected by the spread of coronavirus.
"Having felt slightly unwell I decided as a precaution to be
tested. As soon as the test results were known I isolated myself
at home," Jansen said in a statement. "I've met several industry
partners this week so felt it was the responsible thing to do to
alert them to this fact as soon as I could."
Jansen said his symptoms seemed mild and he would work
remotely over the coming week, avoiding disruption to BT's
business.
(Writing by William Schomberg;
Editing by Sandra Maler)
