FILE PHOTO: Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno addresses the media next to Minister of Health Juan Carlos Zevallos after the arrival of a first batch of doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Guayaquil, Ecuador January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos/File Photo
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's president on Thursday appointed the country's sixth health minister in four years after firing his predecessor after just weeks on the job following complaints that COVID-19 vaccination efforts had left elderly people waiting in line for hours.
President Lenin Moreno dismissed Mauro Falconi, who had been appointed in mid-March to take over a ministry already facing a congressional inquiry over accusations of nepotism and mishandling of the vaccination campaign. Falconi announced on March 26 he had tested positive for COVID-19.
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