New Zealand's health minister resigns over 'unhelpful distraction' from COVID-19 response

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WELLINGTON: 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."I take full responsibility for decisions made and taken during my time as Minister of Health," the New Zealand Herald also reported Clark as saying.

were allowed out of quarantine early without being tested for the virus, even though one had mild symptoms."This represents anof the system," she said. "We require not one but two tests to be undertaken at those facilities ... it did not, and there are no excuses." The New Zealand Herald reported that Clark was demoted in April after driving his family 20km to a beach to go for a walk in the first weekend of New Zealand's lockdown.

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