====== Agnes Buzyn ======
**Agnes Buzyn** was the Health Minister of [[France]] when the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] began. Her husband, [[Ives Levy]] was the CEO of [[INSERM]], and helped cut the ribbon at the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]].


===== COVID-19 Pandemic =====
French Health Minister [[:Agnes Buzyn]] reports an 80 year old Chinese tourist diagnosed with Covid-19 has died at Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris on Friday 14 February. He is believed to be the first official COVID-19 death outside of Asia.((https://youtu.be/LYvh6rR7vbo|The Telegraph on YouTube))

Buzyn resigned as Health Minister in mid-2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic heated up.((September 10, 2021 | [[Al Jazeera]] | [[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/ex-french-health-minister-charged-over-handling-covid-pandemic|Ex-French health minister charged over COVID handling]]))

==== Criminal Charges ====
In September 2021, investigators at a special court in Paris found grounds to charge Buzyn with "endangering the lives of others".((September 10, 2021 | [[Al Jazeera]] | [[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/ex-french-health-minister-charged-over-handling-covid-pandemic|Ex-French health minister charged over COVID handling]]))