And he suggested the hustle and bustle of the centre of the EU's political machinery - and the vast number of visitors coming and going daily - offered the perfect environment for coronavirus to spread. Meanwhile Dr Bull also said his experience of being ill - as well as the circumstances in which he feels he contracted the illness - have underlined for him both the importance of social distancing, and the difficulty of being unable to tell who had had it and who had not. Dr Bull, former Brexit Party MEP for South East England, told Express.co.uk: "We've never seen this before.