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26

THURSDAY

MARCH Dominic Cummings speaks to the Prime Minister, who tells him that he has tested positive for coronavirus.

27

FRIDAY

MARCH

At work, Mr Cummings gets a call from his wife, Mary Wakefield, who says she feels “badly ill”. Mr Cummings returns home and stays for a couple of hours. He returns to work and later, when he gets home, drives the family to Durham.

2 SATURDAY 8

MARCH

Mr Cummings wakes up “in pain” with a “bad headache and a serious fever”.

29

SUNDAY

MARCH

The couple have Covid symptoms. Mr Cummings is bedridden, while Ms Wakefield was “ill, but not ill enough” to need emergency help.

2

THURSDAY

APRIL

Mr Cummings’s son wakes up in the night with a bad fever and is sick. The couple call 999 and an ambulance takes the child and Ms Wakefield to hospital.

3

FRIDAY

APRIL

Ms Wakefield calls to say their son can go home. No taxis are available, so he collects them.

4 - 11

APRIL

Mr Cummings says that “one day in the second week” he went for a walk in the woods owned by his father.

He was sighted on April 19 at nearby Houghall Woods, but he denies this.

5

SUNDAY

APRIL

Mr Cummings’s uncle, Sir John Laws, passes away with the virus. The adviser insists this did not affect his decision to go to Durham.

11 SATURDAY

APRIL

Mr Cummings seeks medical advice to see if he can return to work. He is told that is safe and he can seek childcare.

12

SUNDAY

APRIL

The aide decides to return to work, but there are concerns about his eyesight so he takes a test drive to Barnard Castle.

13 MONDAY

APRIL

Mr Cummings drives the family back to London. He insists he did not return to Durham after this point, which can be proved by “photos and data on my phone”.

14

TUESDAY

APRIL

Mr Cummings returns to work at Downing Street.