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Victoria's Health Minister resigns over Covid-19 quarantine blunders

September 26, 2020
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 16: Victorian Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos speaks at a press conference on September 16, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Metropolitan Melbourne's stage 4 lockdown restrictions were eased slightly on 14 September as new COVID-19 case numbers continues to decline. Melbourne's curfew has eased to 9pm to 5am, while permitted exercise time has increased to two hours per day, public outdoor gatherings of two people or a household is now permitted for up to two hours and social "bubbles" are now allowed for people who live alone. Metropolitan Melbourne has been subject to Stage 4 restrictions since 2 August 2020 in response to the re-emergence of COVID-19 in the community. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Victorian Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos speaks at a press conference in Melbourne. (Source: Getty)

Victoria's health minister has quit her portfolio as the fallout from the state's Covid-19 hotel quarantine scheme continues.

Jenny Mikakos today issued a statement confirming her move, just a day after Premier Daniel Andrews gave evidence to an inquiry and pointed partial blame at the minister for her role in the bungled scheme.

"I am disappointed that my integrity has sought to be undermined," she wrote in a one-page statement.

Mikakos also intends to resign from parliament.


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