In isolation for a week after having been in contact with his wife, Jean Castex was authorized to resume, Wednesday, June 16 morning, "
his face-to-face activities
", after being tested negative for Covid-19, Matignon announced to AFP.
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The result of the Prime Minister's PCR test, carried out at the end of his 7-day isolation period, in accordance with health regulations, is negative,
" said Matignon. Jean Castex will therefore be able to participate in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, as well as to go to Cheverny (Loir-et-Cher) to support Minister Marc Fesneau, the majority candidate for regional in Center-Val de Loire.
The Prime Minister must multiply the trips this weekend as the first round of Sunday, June 20 approaches.
He will thus go Thursday morning to Epernay (Marne) alongside Minister Brigitte Klinkert, head of the list in the Grand Est, then in the afternoon to Creusot (Saône-et-Loire) in support of the mayor of Nevers Denis Thuriot, leader in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, before going up in the evening on the platform of the meeting of Bruno Bonnell in Lyon, candidate in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Finally, he is expected Friday afternoon in Bordeaux with Minister Geneviève Darrieussecq, head of the list in New Aquitaine.
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The Prime Minister should also receive his second dose of vaccine at the end of the week, after a first injection of AstraZeneca received on March 19, said Matignon.