Austria’s health minister resigns, saying he’s overworked

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s health minister has announced his resignation because of persistent personal health problems. Rudolf Anschober said that he couldn’t continue in the grueling job of helping lead the country’s coronavirus response. The 60-year-old had been health minister since January of last year. Anschober suffered a burnout nine years ago, and he said Tuesday that he had suffered two episodes of sudden fatigue in the past month, as well as high blood pressure and tinnitus. He said he had “clearly overworked” and hadn’t felt “completely fit” for several weeks. Wolfgang Mueckstein, a Vienna-based doctor, was named as Anschober’s successor.