- France’s former health minister Agnès Buzyn, currently under investigation over the government’s handling of the pandemic, claims she was among first in Europe to highlight the danger posed by COVID-19 at a time no one cared in her diary published by Le Monde on Tuesday.
- Excerpts from Buzyn’s diary, which she kept during the first lockdown at the start of the pandemic, were published by Le Monde on Tuesday after they were filed as evidence on Monday before the Court of Justice of the Republic, which tries cases of ministerial misconduct.
- In January 2021, Buzyn was appointed Envoy of the Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva and Executive Director of the Academy of the WHO in August.
Former French health minister first in Europe to highlight COVID-19 threat
