#UK: Health Secretary Quits After Breaking COVID Rules With Mistress

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned after admitting breaking coronavirus rules, the prime minister's office said Saturday.

In his letter of resignation, Hancock said: "The last thing I would want is for my private life to distract attention from the single-minded focus that is leading us out of this crisis.

Closed caption television images of Hancock kissing his mistress, a subordinate working in the health ministry, were published by The Sun newspaper. The images were from May 6 - more than a week before the easing of social distancing rules around close contact indoors for people from separate households.

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