Sajid Javid, the British health minister, confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19, but that his symptoms were minor and that he had had two doses of the illness vaccine.
Javid, who has been health secretary for three weeks, has approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s intention to reopen England’s economy completely and remove legal coronavirus limitations as of Monday.
“I was feeling a bit groggy last night, so I took a lateral flow test this morning and it’s come out positive,” he said in a video message on Twitter on Saturday.
“So I’m now self-isolating at home with my family until I get the result of a PCR test. I’m grateful that I’ve had two jabs of the vaccine. And so far, my symptoms are very mild.”
Javid tweeted on March 17 that he had received the first shot of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, posting a picture of him getting a second dose on May 16.
Under his government’s rules, Javid is now required to self-isolate for 10 days unless the PCR test comes back negative and he no longer has symptoms.
