Ecuador’s health minister resigns after just 19 days

Ecuador is one of a few nations in South America embroiled in scandals over coronavirus vaccine queue-jumping.

The health minister in Ecuador has resigned after just 19 days on the job, as prosecutors in the South American nation investigate a growing scandal over well-connected individuals receiving coronavirus vaccines out of turn. Rodolfo Fardan said in his resignation letter on Friday he was stepping down for “strictly personal” reasons. His resignation comes after authorities raided the health ministry and a hospital in Quito, the capital, in relation to their investigation into the vaccine rollout.