Ecuador health minister resigns after less than 3 weeks as prosecutors probe vaccine rollout
MARCH 19, 20215:44 PMUPDATED 2 DAYS AGO
By Reuters Staff
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QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador’s health minister has resigned less than three weeks on the job, the Andean country’s government said on Friday, as prosecutors investigate allegations of favoritism in the rollout of coronavirus vaccines.
Surgeon Rodolfo Farfan was named health minister on March 1. Reuters could not reach Farfan for comment on Friday. He has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Farfan replaced Juan Carlos Zevallos, who resigned in late February while under investigation after participating in an inoculation effort at a nursing home where his mother lives.
Farfan resigned after police raided the health ministry and a hospital in the capital Quito as part of its investigation. In a statement, the government said it was willing to cooperate with the investigations.
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