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Javid takes over as health secretary and Merkel's plan to ban Brits

Government
Rob Gill
28 June 2021

All eyes will be on new health secretary Sajid Javid as he updates parliament on plans to remove England’s remaining Covid-19 restrictions next month.

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Javid will make a key announcement to MPs less than 48 hours after taking over as health secretary from Matt Hancock, who resigned on Saturday after secret footage showed him breaking social distancing rules with an advisor.

Elsewhere, Germany’s leader Angela Merkel will continue her push for Britons to face quarantine when travelling to the EU due to rising cases of the Delta variant in the UK.

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