Mikakos says she is disappointed her ‘integrity has sought to be undermined’ and says she will also leave parliament

Victoria’s health minister has quit her portfolio and said she will leave parliament as the fallout from the state’s Covid-19 hotel quarantine scheme continues.

Jenny Mikakos on Saturday issued a statement confirming her move, just a day after premier Daniel Andrews gave evidence to an inquiry and pointed partial blame at the minister for her role in the bungled scheme, which led to the state’s deadly second wave of infections.

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