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Queen Elizabeth II approves appointment of Sajid Javid as replacement
By AFP Published: Jun 27, 2021 05:27 PM
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock arrives at 10 Downing Street for the COVID-19 committee meeting in London, Britain, on May 6, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned on Saturday following revelations that he broke government coronavirus restrictions during an affair with a close aide, with former finance minister Sajid Javid taking up the role.
The frontman for Britain s response to the pandemic, particularly the nationwide vaccine roll out, quit in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. We owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down as I have done by breaching the guidance, he wrote.
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