UK Health Minister Javid Tests Positive for COVID-19

UK Health Minister Javid Tests Positive for COVID-19
Britain's new Health Secretary Sajid Javid arrives for a thanksgiving service to celebrate in London, Britain, on July 5, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via Reuters
The Associated Press
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LONDON—British health minister Sajid Javid on Saturday said he had tested positive for COVID-19, but added that his symptoms were mild.

Javid, who has been health secretary for three weeks, has backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to scrap all remaining legal coronavirus restrictions from Monday, despite a fresh surge of cases fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant.