UK Health Minister Quits After Breaking COVID-19 Rules With Affair

UK Health Minister Quits After Breaking COVID-19 Rules With Affair
Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks during a coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street in London, Britain, on May 27, 2021. Matt Dunham/AP Photo, Pool, File
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LONDON—British health minister Matt Hancock quit on Saturday after he was caught breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing and embracing an aide in his office, enraging colleagues and the public who have been living under lockdown.

In the latest scandal to rock a government that has overseen one of the highest death tolls from the coronavirus pandemic, Hancock, 42, wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign, saying he had let people down.