D.C. health director steps down as pandemic response winds down

District of Columbia Health Officer Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt speaks during a news conference following an event to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 to front-line workers during a vaccine event at Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, ...District of Columbia Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt is stepping down at the end of the month after 7 1/2 years on the job.

Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press release that Ms. Nesbitt’s resignation will take effect on July 29.

“None of us knew then that the director of DC Health would also become responsible for leading us through a global pandemic,” Ms. Bowser said in the release. “As DC’s doctor, she has…