Lockdown-breaching NZ health minister quits | The Malaysian Insight

Outgoing health minister David Clark has called himself ‘an idiot’ after admitting that he broke New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown rules by taking a 20km drive to the beach with his family in April. – Wikipedia pic, July 2, 2020.

NEW Zealand’s health minister today resigned after a public backlash over his Covid-19 lockdown breach and his criticism of the civil servant responsible for the country’s world-leading virus response. David Clark was already under a cloud after breaking lockdown rules in April, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who faces an election in September, admitted that his presence has become a distraction.

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