London (CNN Business) The chief executive of BT, Britain's biggest telecoms group, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and will work remotely over the next week, according to the company. BT said in a statement that its CEO, Philip Jansen, tested positive on Thursday and has mild symptoms . He is following advice from UK health authorities to self-isolate, but no disruption to the business is expected. 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," he added.

Source: CNN March 13, 2020 10:07 UTC