France’s Macron tests positive for COVID19

PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID19 on Thursday and will isolate himself for seven days, the French presidency said.

After the diagnosis established by “RTPCR tests carried out as soon as the first symptoms appear,” Macron “will isolate himself for seven days” but “will continue to work and carry out his activities remotely,” the presidency said in a statement. French Prime Minister Jean Castex will go into selfisolation after President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID19 Thursday, according to the premier’s office. Castex, considered “a contact case” with Macron, “has been placed in isolation although he does not show any symptoms of the disease,” announced Matignon. “His schedule will be adapted so that he can work remotely for the next seven days. As a precaution, a PCR test was carried out this (Thursday) morning, the results are expected shortly,” it added. The French presidential office announced earlier that Macron tested coronavirus positive by “RTPCR tests carried out as soon as the first symptoms appear.”

(Xinhua)