HEALTH secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for coronavirus and says he has mild symptoms.

In a video posted on Twitter on Saturday, Javid wrote: “I was feeling a bit groggy last night, so I took a lateral flow test this morning and it's come out positive, so I'm now self-isolating at home with my family until I get the results of a PCR test.

"I'm grateful that I've had two jabs of the vaccine and so far my symptoms are very mild."

He urged people who had not been vaccinated yet to "get out there and get them as soon as you can".

Mr Javid also said people who feel groggy or come into contact with someone who is positive should take a lateral flow test.

“If you haven’t had your jabs yet, please get out there and get them as soon as you can, and if, like me, you might feel a bit groggy or you think you might have come into contact with someone who is positive, please also take a lateral flow test too," the health secretary said.

"If everyone plays their part, you're not only protecting yourself and your loved ones but you're also safeguarding the NHS and helping to preserve our way of life."

Mr Javid became health secretary last month after his predecessor, Matt Hancock, resigned following the leak of a video showing him kissing his closest aide, Gina Coladangelo, in his ministerial office – in breach of his own Covid-19 rules