Lance Frye resigns as State Health Commissioner

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TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma State Department of Health commissioner Lance Frye resigned his presumption connected Friday.

“It has been an grant to service Oklahoma and beforehand nationalist wellness for each Oklahomans,” Lance Frye, M.D. said. “I respect the dedication, resilience and tenacity of the OSDH team. They person worked tirelessly implicit the past 2 years to guarantee Oklahomans had entree to not lone COVID-19 testing, vaccinations and captious information, but to different life-saving services.”

Frye held that relation since May 2020 and handled overmuch of the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response.

“Dr. Frye provided dependable enactment during Oklahoma’s COVID effect from his relation successful surge readying connected the Governor’s Solution Task Force to guiding our vaccine rollout that was Top Ten successful the federation arsenic Commissioner of Health,” said Governor Kevin Stitt. “With cases and hospitalizations down 60% successful caller weeks, Dr. Frye has positioned the Oklahoma State Department of Health good to proceed managing COVID efficaciously and I americium grateful for his work to our authorities during an unprecedented time.”

Governor Stitt precocious accused OSDH of going “rogue” regarding a colony regarding a non-binary commencement certificate for an Oklahoma autochthonal present surviving successful Oregon.

Deputy commissioner Keith Reed is present Interim Commissioner of Health.

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