Back to the very beginning of the epidemic in France. The investigation into the management of the Covid-19 epidemic by the authorities is also interested in the conditions for the repatriation of French people from China in early 2020, we learned on Friday from a source close to the case, confirmed by a judicial source. .
People repatriated from Wuhan, a Chinese city epicenter of the coronavirus in early 2020, thus received from the gendarmes in charge of the investigations a questionnaire on “the conditions of evacuation and transport” between China and France, according to a document consulted by the ‘AFP.
Questions regarding screening and barrier measures
Several hundred French people were repatriated from China to France, then placed in quarantine. The questions relate, among other things, to the reasons and duration of the stay in China, information on the virus communicated at the time of treatment, whether or not a screening has been carried out, whether or not to distribute masks. “Did you participate or attend the Wuhan Military Olympics or do you know anyone who participated or attended? », He is also asked.
The questionnaire also looks at the health instructions issued, the placement of evacuees in the means of transport used, as well as the accommodation center made available in France for the quarantine. The last of the forty questions is: “With current knowledge on Covid-19, do you consider that the health measures taken from your departure in China until your release from the quarantine center in France were appropriate? “
Investigation opened in July 2020 by the French Court of Justice
The Court of Justice of the Republic, the only one empowered to prosecute and try members of the government for crimes and offenses committed in the exercise of their functions, opened in July 2020 an investigation into the management by the authorities of the epidemic of coronavirus following several complaints.
Lack of protective equipment for caregivers and the population or mistakes on the need or not to wear masks: the investigation, opened for “abstaining from fighting a disaster”, focuses on anticipation and day-to-day management of the epidemic which has killed more than 125,000 people in the country, according to a latest report from Public Health France.
In this case, the former Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn was indicted on September 10 for “endangering the lives of others” and placed under the more favorable status of assisted witness for “voluntary abstention from fighting a sinister ”. Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, Minister of Health Olivier Véran and former government spokesperson Sibeth Ndiaye are also cited in the judicial information of the CJR. No information on their possible hearing before the magistrates of the CJR was given.
