WELLINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s health minister, David Clark, resigned on Thursday, following recent slip ups in the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and personal mistakes.
“It has become increasingly clear to me that my continuation in the role is distracting for the government’s overall response to COVID-19 and the global pandemic,” he said in a news conference in parliament.
Clark said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had accepted his resignation. (Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Himani Sarkar)read more
New Zealand’s health minister Clark resigns – Reuters
