The mayor of Marseille Michèle Rubirola (left), who learned to be "contact case" with a person infected with Covid, is placed in septaine and will isolate himself, announced the services of the town hall Thursday evening October 29.
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The mayor "will come back as soon as the negative result of his test is known", specifies the City of Marseille in a press release.
"During this period, she will perform her duties remotely and will rely on all of her municipal team to continue to work on a daily basis in the interest of the Marseillaises and Marseillaises," the statement said.
On Wednesday evening again, Rubirola participated in the public opening of a photographic exhibition devoted to the drama of the rue d'Aubagne. In September, the mayor of France's second city was absent for several days after surgery.