4th Czech health minister resigns since start of pandemic

The Czech Republic has lost its fourth health minister since the coronavirus pandemic struck last year

PRAGUE -- The Czech Republic on Tuesday lost its fourth health minister since the coronavirus pandemic struck last year. Prime Minister Andrej Babis said that the current office-holder Petr Arenberger called him in Brussels, where Babis is attending a summit of European Union leaders to announce his resignation. Arenberger, the director of Prague’s University Hospital Vinohrady, was only sworn in by President Milos Zeman on April 7. He has been recently under fire from the media due to alleged irregularities in his tax returns. He declared he owned more assets and had a higher income after he became a government minister than in the preceding years.