PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron called for national unity as France wages “war” against coronavirus, and he promised a “massive investment plan” in the nations health care system.
“When we engage in a war, we engage completely, we mobilize united. I see in our country factors of division, doubts, all those who want to fracture the country when we must have only one obsession: to be united to fight the virus. I am calling for this unity and commitment,” Macron said in a short address to the nation outside a military hospital in the eastern town of Mulhouse, which has been particularly badly affected by the virus.
Macron has come under increasing pressure over the governments testing strategy as well as shortages of masks and respirators.
The president saluted the work of healthcare providers whom he described as being on the “frontline” and announced immediate bonuses and pay rises for them as well as a “massive investment plan” in the nations hospitals once the crisis ends. The health sector has been demanding a financial boost since Macron became president.
He also announced a new military operation — codenamed “Resilience” — to provide sanitary and logistical support and protection, including the deployment of two amphibious assault ships off the coasts of French overseas territories in Guiana and the southern Indian OcRead More – Source
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