Ecuador’s well being minister has resigned lower than three weeks on the job, the Andean nation’s authorities mentioned on Friday, as prosecutors examine allegations of favoritism within the rollout of coronavirus vaccines.
Surgeon Rodolfo Farfan was named well being minister on March 1. Reuters couldn’t attain Farfan for touch upon Friday. He has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Farfan changed Juan Carlos Zevallos, who resigned in late February whereas beneath investigation after collaborating in an inoculation effort at a nursing house the place his mom lives.
Farfan resigned after police raided the well being ministry and a hospital within the capital Quito as a part of its investigation.
In a press release, the federal government mentioned it was prepared to cooperate with the investigations.
Accusations of nepotism within the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines have triggered political turmoil in a number of South American nations together with Ecuador, Peru and Argentina.
Official information present Ecuador has administered the primary dose of the vaccine to greater than 120,000 individuals.
Authorities say they’ve organized to buy 20 million doses to vaccinate 60% of the inhabitants above the age of 18 by the top of the yr.
President Lenin Moreno, alongside along with his spouse and 10 individuals who had supplied medical care to Moreno, had been vaccinated, the federal government assertion mentioned.
