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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in isolation after participating in a meeting attended by a person who subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, she announced on Twitter.
Von der Leyen said he tested negative for the virus last week and will be tested again on Monday.
“I have been informed that I participated in a meeting last Tuesday that was attended by a person who tested positive for covid-19 yesterday.
“In accordance with current regulations, therefore, I am in isolation until tomorrow morning.
"I tested negative on Thursday and I test myself again today," he wrote on Monday.
Increase in cases in Europe
Von der Leyen's announcement comes at a time when coronavirus cases are on the rise in Europe-
There are new restrictions and local closures imposed in countries across the continent.
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In the Czech Republic, a state of emergency has been introduced for 30 days to help curb the accelerated growth of new COVID-19 cases.
The aim is to ease the pressure on the health care system in the country, with a total of 1,841 new cases registered by the Health Ministry on Sunday.
In France, Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed that the Paris metropolitan area will be classified as a "high alert" zone, with measures in effect from Tuesday, following an increase in the number of coronavirus cases.
A press release from the Prime Minister's office says the area has crossed all three thresholds that would place it in an alert category:
disease incidence rate,
incidence rate in older adults
and occupancy rate of resuscitation beds by patients with covid-19.
In the United Kingdom
Meanwhile, the number of reported coronavirus infections in the UK jumped to a new daily record of 22,961 on Sunday, nearly double the previous record for a single day.
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This given that thousands of infections were not included in the previously published daily figures, according to Public Health England.
Poland reported 2,367 new cases of covid-19 on Saturday, reaching a record for the third day in a row, according to a series of tweets from the country's Ministry of Health.
While Italy reported its biggest daily increase since April 24, with 2,844 new coronavirus cases on Saturday.
CNN's Tomas Etzler, Pierre Bairin, Jonny Hallam and Livia Borghese contributed to this report.
