LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected calls on Friday to fire his health secretary, after pictures appeared of him embracing and kissing an aide in his office, in what he acknowledged was a breach of coronavirus rules.
The Sun newspaper, which published the photographs of Matt Hancock and the aide on its front page, said the images were taken last month, before the government lifted rules banning intimate contact with people outside a person’s household.
The aide had been a friend of Hancock’s before she was appointed to his staff. Hancock is married.
“I accept that I breached the social distancing guidance in these circumstances,” Hancock said. “I have le…
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