The news spread like wildfire on Wednesday morning.
Roselyne Bachelot, who revealed to be Covid positive on Saturday, was hospitalized after medical examinations.
Her condition is "stable and has not deteriorated, but she is under surveillance," says those around her.
Lack of luck.
The Minister of Culture was vaccinated on March 17, but the first dose did not have time to take effect ...
In government, cases are multiplying.
After the first two waves (Emmanuelle Wargon, Brune Poirson, Bruno le Maire, without counting of course Emmanuel Macron in December), the third also affected Elisabeth Borne.
The Minister of Labor has just spent five days in the hospital.
On Wednesday, she said she was "relieved" coming out of this ordeal.
“Thank you to the caregivers who have accompanied me through these difficult days for their wonderful work and to all of you for your messages of support,” she tweeted.
In his absence, his files were followed by his colleagues Laurent Pietraszewski and Brigitte Klinkert.
In the countryside ... but less than 10 km
"No one is invincible, it's a call to order," sums up a government adviser.
"We are by definition led to meet more people and attend more different places than the average, even if everything has been very reduced, and we are like everyone else ... Without vaccine priority," blows a member of the government.
To avoid the hecatomb, Matignon reinforced, by means of a circular, the rules in force.
All travel must now be validated by its services.
Among the new instructions: “In the 16 confined departments, travel can only relate to health crisis subjects.
"And ministers will no longer be able to travel" on weekends beyond 10 km from their home for private reasons, including political reasons. "
Not easy for those who campaign for regional.
Above all, don't give a bad image
They can now only be accompanied by a single advisor, in addition to their security officer.
Finally, Matignon calls on everyone to "be vigilant in capturing images of ministers on social networks", that is to say "mask in all circumstances" and safe distances.
The recent controversy over the photos of Roselyne Bachelot clustered with the artists on the Bastille opera stage does not seem unrelated to this recommendation.
Beyond the sick, there are also contact cases.
In Bercy, the Minister for Industry, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, remains cloistered in her office.
Alerted by the TousAntiCovid application, she canceled her physical appointments and took a test.
She communicates with her team by phone and messaging apps.
"Fortunately we are not at the time of the Minitel", laughs one of his collaborators.
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For her part, Jacqueline Gourault had a big fright last week.
Upon returning from a trip, the Minister of Territorial Cohesion learned that one of her advisers who was with her in the car was positive.
Fortunately, they were both masked.
The fact remains that the minister was declared a contact case and went into solitary confinement for a week.
Before a test turns out negative.
Scenes from everyday life during the Covid era.
