Police raid homes of French officials in coronavirus probe


FILE PHOTO: French Health Minister Olivier Veran attends a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in France, at the Bichat hospital in Paris as COVID-19 infection rates continue to climb in France, October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Police raided the homes and offices of France's health minister, its public health director and former prime minister on Thursday as a judicial investigation into the government's response to the coronavirus crisis deepened.

The early morning searches stunned many in France, which has one of the highest COVID death tolls in Western Europe, and prompted Prime Minister Jean Castex to pay tribute to Health Minister Olivier Veran's courage and determination.

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