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Secretary of State Emmanuelle Wargon tested positive at Covid-19

2020-03-22T18:18:32.147Z


A resident of Saint-Mandé (Val-de-Marne), she is the third officially infected minister since the virus arrived in France.


She only describes "mild symptoms at this stage". Emmanuelle Wargon, resident of Saint-Mandé and Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, was "diagnosed positive at Covid-19" this Sunday. She made the announcement on social networks in the late afternoon, on the 6th day of confinement to eradicate the pandemic.

I was diagnosed positive at Covid-19 that day. I have only mild symptoms at this point. I apply the rule: I stay at home to rest and protect others.

- Emmanuelle Wargon (@EmmWargon) March 22, 2020

"Too tired" to speak

"I apply the rule: I stay at home to rest and protect others," writes the 49-year-old senior official. Contacted by phone two hours after its publication, Emmanuelle Wargon told the Parisian that she is "too tired" to speak. "No more precision, she rests at home", evacuates those around her.

After Franck Riester and Brune Poirson, she is the third contaminated minister since the new Coronavirus rages in France.

For the record, his name had circulated in Val-de-Marne to lead the municipal battle in Saint-Mandé against the outgoing dolphin Patrick Beaudouin (LR). The daughter of Lionel Stoleru, former minister of Giscard and Mitterrand, said she was "more useful" alongside the various candidates involved. Like Léna Ethner (LREM) in her city of residence, credited with 21.62% of the votes on the evening of the first round of the elections on March 15.

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