European leaders quarantine after Macron s Covid-19 diagnosis
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Fri, Dec 18 2020 10:36 IST |
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Brussels, Dec 18 : A host of European leaders were self-quaranting after coming in contact with French President Emmanuel Macron who has tested positive the novel coronavirus.
In a statement on Thursday, the Elysee Palace confirmed the 42-year-old President s positive result, saying that he will isolate himself for seven days but will continue to work and carry out his activities remotely , Xinhua news agency reported.
Macron attended a European Union (EU) summit in Brussels last week and an event organised by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris on Monday.
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Hundreds of Hondurans trying to start a new caravan to reach the United States border were stopped by Honduran security personnel before they could even reach the border with neighbouring Guatemala.
The Honduran police and immigration agents asked their countrymen to show travel documents and proof of negative coronavirus tests, which none appeared to have.
Many of the migrants said the two recent hurricanes had devastated their homes or livelihoods, and they set out late on Wednesday on a trek towards Guatemala, Mexico and the US border. Last week, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez himself visited Washington, DC and warned of possible food shortages as a result of the hurricanes.