New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern loses health minister as election nears
Health minister resigns after coronavirus failures and beach trip just weeks before general election
02 July 2020 - 20:28
Wellington — New Zealand's embattled health minister David Clark resigned on Thursday after security slip-ups at quarantine facilities where the coronavirus was detected just days after officials declared it had been eliminated from the country.
Clark's departure, which also followed criticism for his personal breaches of strict lockdown rules earlier in the year, comes as New Zealand heads into a September general election...
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