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The former Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn, who had resigned in mid-February 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, is summoned this Friday at 9 a.m. before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) to a possible indictment on his management of the pandemic, announced a judicial source on Thursday, confirming information from the World. This summons to the CJR, the only jurisdiction empowered to judge ministers in the exercise of their function, takes place as part of the investigation carried out since July 2020 on how the government has managed this epidemic.
France is no longer one of the only countries in this case. The anti-Covid vaccine or a weekly screening test will be made compulsory in American companies with more than 100 employees, the White House announced Thursday before Joe Biden’s announcement of a new plan to fight the pandemic. This announcement, which concerns more than 80 million private sector employees according to the presidency, is in addition to other measures such as compulsory vaccination for 4 million federal government employees and aims to curb the epidemic wave fueled by the Delta variant.
The “Iron Lady” of Guadeloupe, Lucette Michaux-Chevry, died this Thursday at the age of 92, after a very long career in politics, greeted by many reactions highlighting her commitment and determination. The iconic politician, deeply rooted on the right, died after several months of fighting throat cancer. The one nicknamed the Iron Lady of the Caribbean held all political positions: from mayor in the late 1980s to minister delegate in the 1990s, in the government of Jacques Chirac, of whom she was a loyal friend.