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The Latest: Vaccine scandal ousts Argentine health minister

| February 25, 2021 5:15 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — President Alberto Fernández asked Argentina’s health minister to resign after a well-known local journalist said he had been given a coronavirus vaccination preferentially after requesting one from the minister, a government official said Friday.

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