The head of the New Zealand Ministry of Health resigned for violation of quarantine

The head of the New Zealand Ministry of Health, David Clark, who twice violated the quarantine regime in the country, introduced due to the pandemic of coronavirus infection, resigned, the Otago Daily Times reports. David decided that his presence in this post only distracts from the measures taken by the government to combat coronavirus and wider reforms in the health sector, the newspaper quotes the words of the head of the New Zealand government, Jacinda Ardern. Until the parliamentary elections in New Zealand, which are due to be held on September 19, the head of the Ministry of Education, Chris Hipkins, will temporarily act as Minister of Health. According to the news agency, in March 2020, the head of the New Zealand Ministry of Health, David Clark, violated the quarantine regime in the country and traveled with members of his family to rest on the beach. When this became known, the country's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, refused to dismiss Clark so that at the height of the pandemic he would not lose the minister.