French president Emmanuel Macron tests Covid positive The office of Jean Castex, the country’s Prime Minister, said that he would also work from isolation because of his recent proximity to him
President Emmanuel Macron of France has tested positive for the coronavirus, the French presidency said on Thursday, just as his government was trying to lift lockdown restrictions before Christmas and avoid another wave of infections.
“This diagnosis was established after a RT-PCR test that was carried out as soon as the first symptoms appeared,” a statement from the presidency said. It did not reveal what those symptoms were and when they first appeared.