UK health minister resigns after breaking COVID-19 protocols
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British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock leaves 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom on June 23, 2021. (Photo by David Cliff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
LONDON - U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned Saturday, a day after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules with an aide with whom he was allegedly having an affair.
The tabloid Sun newspaper had run images showing Hancock, who is married, and senior aide Gina Coladangelo kissing in an office at the Department of Health. The Sun said the closed circuit television images were taken May 6 11 days before lockdown rules were eased to allow hugs and other physical contact with people outside one’s own household.
U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned on Saturday after images of him kissing an aide became public and he subsequently apologized for the steamy breach of the country’s social distancing.