A supposedly harmless excursion to her seaside home cost her job a health expert in Scotland. She just ignored her own corona editions.
Edinburgh (AP) - The Scottish government's top health expert, Catherine Calderwood, has resigned after violating its own exit restrictions in the Corona crisis.
After her misbehavior met with outrage in the UK, Calderwood took the consequences late Sunday evening.
The expert admitted that she drove to her family's country house on two consecutive weekends. The newspaper "Scottish Sun" had previously published photos of the expert from a popular destination on the coast. "I didn't follow the advice I gave to others," Calderwood said at a press conference. "I am very sorry."
The doctor had repeatedly defended the conditions ordered because of the coronavirus pandemic and called for compliance with them while the camera was running. The Scottish police said Calderwood had been warned by officials to comply with the requirements.
Scotland's Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon had initially spoken out against Calderwood's resignation as Chief Medical Adviser because of her expertise.
She later said that Calderwood had undermined confidence in health agency work "at this critical moment." It would have been easier to fire her right away, Sturgeon admitted in an interview with ITV.
Video clip from press conference with Catherine Calderwood
Report on the Scottish Sun website
Police announcement on Twitter
