The Head of State, Emmanuel Macron, has tested positive for Covid-19, has just announced the Elysee.
"In accordance with the health regulations in force applicable to all, the President of the Republic will isolate himself for 7 days.
He will continue to work and ensure his activities remotely, ”the statement said.
Earlier this week, his entourage assured
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that the president had been tested several times since the start of the epidemic, and that he had never yet been diagnosed positive. His wife, the first lady Brigitte Macron, had already been "contact case" several months ago, but the presidential couple had so far escaped the virus.