A special French court has ordered an investigation of three current or former government ministers over their handling of the coronavirus crisis. Expand Close France’s Minister of Health and Solidarity Olivier Veran (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) AP/PA Images / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp France’s Minister of Health and Solidarity Olivier Veran (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)The nine it deemed worth investigating target former prime minister Edouard Philippe, who resigned hours before the court’s announcement, Health Minister Olivier Veran or the former health minister, Agnes Buzyn. President Emmanuel Macron and his government have acknowledged mask shortages and other missteps in the virus crisis. The new investigation is separate from dozens of lawsuits filed in other French courts against nursing homes or others accused of mismanaging the virus crisis. France has reported the fifth-highest number of virus deaths worldwide, for a total of 29,893, about half of them in nursing homes.

Source: Irish Independent July 03, 2020 19:41 UTC