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British health minister Sajid Javid tests positive for coronavirus

  • Javid said that his symptoms were mild and he had two doses of Covid-19 vaccine
  • He is now waiting for laboratory confirmation from a PCR test

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British health minister Sajid Javid. Photo: PA Media/DPA
British health minister Sajid Javid on Saturday said he had tested positive for Covid-19, but that his symptoms were mild and he had two doses of vaccine against the disease.
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Javid, who has been health secretary for three weeks, has backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to fully reopen England’s economy and scrap legal coronavirus restrictions from Monday.

“This morning I tested positive for Covid,” he said in a tweet, adding he had taken a rapid lateral flow test, and was awaiting confirmation from a PCR test, which needs processing in a laboratory.

“I’m waiting for my PCR result, but thankfully I have had my jabs and symptoms are mild.”

Javid tweeted on March 17 that he had received a first shot of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, posting a picture of him getting a second dose on May 16.
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