No worries. While the announcement of an unforeseen change to the agenda of Emmanuel Macron this week has raised some questions this Monday morning, the Elysee Palace wanted to put an end to rumors that could arise: "No, Emmanuel Macron did not caught the coronavirus "and" no, the president is not confined ", specify the services of the presidency.
The cancellation of several trips in the coming days simply responds to Emmanuel Macron's desire to "adjust his agenda in light of the situation to make himself available and be available for action this week".
"We have before us an epidemic that is coming"
Thus, the president will not be present at the annual dinner of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif), scheduled for a long time Tuesday evening at the Carrousel du Louvre (event also postponed).
He will also not go to the Gers on Wednesday, where a visit with Stéphane Bern was planned on the theme of heritage. Similarly, Thursday, Emmanuel Macron was to go to Île-de-France on the theme of separatism, a trip also canceled.
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For the record, and while the number of people affected by the coronavirus in France continues to increase, Emmanuel Macron paid a visit on Thursday to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris where the first French victim of the coronavirus died the day before . "We have before us an epidemic that is coming," he said, adding that he will "have to face it at best."
