Macron tests positive for COVID-19, forcing leaders to self isolate
PARIS (Reuters) President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, his office said, prompting a track and trace effort across Europe following meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days.
Macron, 42, was running the country remotely after going into quarantine in the Elysee Palace, the presidency said. His wife Brigitte was also self-isolating. This diagnosis was made following a PCR test performed at the onset of the first symptoms, Macron s office said, declining to give further details of his conditions or the symptoms he had.
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Leaders In Quarantine After Macron Tests Positive
French Prime Minister Castex, Spain s Sanchez, Portugal s Costa, top EU official Michel, all in quarantine. Several heads of state and leaders met French President Emmanuel Macron in the last 10 days leading up to his positive COVID-19 test results announced on Thursday.
Macron on Wednesday met Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa at the Elysee Palace. Costa s office announced Thursday that he entered quarantine as a precaution and will continue working remotely.
In France, Prime Minister Jean Castex and head of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand were also quarantined after being in close contact with the president on Wednesday.
17 Dec 2020 in 18:00
President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, his office said, prompting a track and trace effort across Europe following meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days, Reuters reports.
Macron joined all but two of the European Union’s 27 leaders at a summit in Brussels late last week to discuss climate change, the EU budget and Turkey.
Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Giuseppe Conte and others were seen initially mingling in the summit room with their face masks on. German officials said Merkel wore a mask at the summit and complied with COVID rules.
France s Macron isolating after testing positive for COVID-19
Ania Nussbaum, Bloomberg News Emmanuel Macron, France s president, speaks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. , Bloomberg
French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19, his office said in statement Thursday.
Macron was tested after showing mild symptoms of the disease and will isolate for seven days and continue to work, according to the statement. An official at the Elysee Palace declined to provide details on the circumstances of the infection or where the president will be isolating.
The diagnosis, days before Macronâs 43rd birthday, comes at a particularly sensitive time. France is struggling to tame a resurgence of the virus, with the president fielding criticism of his handling of the crisis and the economic fallout. Heâs also trying to push through controversial plans to bolster the powers of the p