‘Bad luck’ for France prez

France’s President Emmanuel Macron is battling a fever and cough while he self-isolates with COVID-19.

Macron, 42, tweeted a video Friday saying he’d been careful but got the virus through “perhaps, doubtless, a moment of negligence, a moment of bad luck, too.”

“I am doing well,” he said. “Normally, there is no reason for it to evolve in a bad way.”

The French politician tested positive for the virus on Thursday after exhibiting symptoms. A source told Agence France-Presse he was likely infected during a European summit in Brussels last week that included a working dinner and “a night of negotiations.”

As a precaution, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, and politicians from Belgium, Portugal, Luxembourg and Spain have entered isolation. Macron’s wife, Brigitte, was also quarantining on Friday. So far, she has not shown any signs of the illness.

“She has no symptoms and has tested negative for COVID-19,” a spokesperson for the French first lady told Le Parisien.

In the days leading up to his diagnosis, Macron (photo) also met with Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa, International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer and attended a cabinet meeting.

The presidential palace’s chief doctor, Jean-Christophe Perrochon, is treating Macron, according to officials. He was also the one who administered the politician’s coronavirus test.

Since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in France in January, more than 2.5 million people have been infected. According to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University, about 60,000 in France have died from the disease. Macron’s government has faced criticism for not having enough masks or tests, and for not confining the population quickly enough.

A strict two-month lockdown brought infections down enough for France to send children back to school and their parents back to work.