Caregivers who died of Covid-19 since January 1, 2020 will receive the honorary status of “died for the service of the Republic” according to a decree published this Saturday March 26 in the Official Journal. This status gives the children of these caregivers the title of wards of the Republic. The State therefore owes them material support and protection until the age of 21. “I want to pay tribute to the memory of Justine, caregiver from Châteauroux who died of Covid-19 in the spring of 2020″ reacts François Jolivet LREM deputy from Indre, who had, following the death of this castelroussine caregiver, wished for the children of caregivers who were victims of the coronavirus, a status of “national recognition.“
For François Jolivet, it is a “great emotion in front of a fight of my mandate which ends today.“The deputy specifies, in a press release, that the status of wards of the Republic allows these children to receive”material support from the State under conditions similar to those benefiting wards of the Nation.“In other words, support at the fiscal, social and educational level. According to Thierry Amouroux, spokesperson for the national union of nursing professionals (SNPI) questioned this Saturday on franceinfo, this decree would concern 19 families, including that of Justine, caregiver of Châteauroux who died at the age of 48.