Austrian health minister resigns due to exhaustion © Reuters
Austria s health minister has said he is stepping down because of exhaustion.
Rudolf Anschober, 60, was appointed in January 2020 and led the country s health response to the pandemic. In the worst health crisis in decades the republic needs a health minister who is 100% fit, he told reporters. That is not currently me.
He said his 15 months in office had felt like 15 years . Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said his minister had sacrificed himself for our country .
Mr Anschober s replacement in the coalition government has been named as Wolfgang Mückstein, a trained doctor and fellow Green Party member.
Rudolf Anschober: Austrian health minister resigns due to exhaustion
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