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When heads of state and crowned heads experience containment

2020-04-03T19:00:57.890Z


BIG STORY - From Prince Charles to "BoJo", from Merkel to Putin or Netanyahu, they had to submit to the dictates of the virus.


Viruses sometimes lack regard for the powerful. From King Alfonso XI of Castile, who died of the plague in 1350, to the President of the Council Casimir Périer, swept away by cholera in 1832, History is full of examples of the great people of this world swept by epidemics. For the past two weeks, several heads of state and government have been infected with the coronavirus or have had to isolate themselves as a precaution. World affairs are now handled remotely. Salvation by videoconference replaced the diplomatic handshake. Overview.

In the United Kingdom, the coronavirus struck the crown and the executive, the heir to the throne and the Prime Minister. Two days after the announcement of the infection of Prince Charles, we learned last Friday that the Prime Minister had in turn fallen at the front of the epidemic. After putting himself in solitary confinement in Scotland, the 71-year-old Prince of Wales has recovered and paid homage to the caregivers on Wednesday.

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Source: lefigaro

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