Peru Health Minister Resigns Over Ex-President’s Vaccine Scandal
- Pilar Mazzetti denied knowing ex-leader was in Sinopharm trial
- Congress was planning to censure Mazzetti, La Republica writes
Martin Vizcarra and Pilar Mazzetti.
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Peru’s Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti resigned Friday after being accused of knowing that ex-President Martin Vizcarra had secretly participated in a coronavirus vaccine trial, La Republica newspaper reported.