FILE PHOTO: Britain's new Health Secretary Sajid Javid arrives for a thanksgiving service to celebrate the NHS' birthday, in St Paul's Cathedral in London, Britain, July 5, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) -British health minister Sajid Javid on Saturday said he had tested positive for COVID-19, but added that his symptoms were mild and he was thankful to have had had two doses of vaccine against the disease.
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.
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