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UK health minister Matt Hancock resigns after breaking Covid rules with affair in office

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LONDON:U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned Saturday after breaking the country’s coronavirus rules by kissing a senior aide in his office, the latest embarrassing controversy to hit Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government. “We have worked so hard as a country to fight the pandemic," Hancock, 42, said in his letter of resignation to Johnson. “The last thing I want is for my private life to distract from the single-minded approach that is leading us out of this crisis." His resignation came after The Sun newspaper published photos of Hancock and Gina Coladangelo, whom he’d appointed to his team, apparently embracing in his Whitehall offices last month.

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