Three former French government officials who oversaw the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic were cleared of allegations that they mishandled the health crisis, one of the accused said Monday.
The decision comes five years after a top court in France opened an investigation into former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, who stepped down in July 2020, as well as ex-health ministers Agnès Buzyn and Olivier Véran. They were accused of “failing to fight disaster”.
