UK lawmaker suspended for taking train after positive Covid-19 test

A man wearing a protective face mask walks through Trafalgar Square, as the number of coronavirus cases grow around around the world, in London, Britain, March 10 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has suspended an MP who took a train from London to Scotland despite knowing she had contracted Covid-19.

Margaret Ferrier, MP of Rutherglen and Hamilton West apologised in a statement she sent on twitter taking full responsibility of breaching the Covid-19 restrictions.