The Paris police chief Didier Lallement tested positive for Covid-19 at the end of last week,
Le Figaro
learned on
Wednesday, December 8 from his entourage, confirming information from Europe 1. Forced into isolation, the senior official was unable to attend the 40th Congress of the Union of National Police Commissioners (SCPN).
From a distance, he continues to follow the files of the prefecture, we are told.
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Prefect Lallement sparked controversy in April 2020, after his comments on patients with Covid and treated in intensive care: "
Those who are hospitalized today, found in intensive care units, are those who at the start of confinement did not respect it.
There is a very simple correlation
, ”he said.
However, he apologized a few hours later,
"regret (ing) having said these words
"
and
"
understanding (ant) the reactions they arouse".
