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European leaders’emergency’ after confirmation of the French president…

Enter 2020.12.18 11:30

As French President Emmanuel Macron was diagnosed with a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the leaders of major European countries who had close contact with him entered self-isolation.

According to the political media Politico on the 17th (local time), French President Macron is known to have met representatives from each country at the European Union (EU) summit for a luncheon for the last two weeks.

On the 13th (local time), Portuguese Prime Minister Antonius Costa, who met with President Macron, was tested for Corona 19 and entered self-quarantine. Although the test result was negative, Costa’s Prime Minister canceled his visit to Africa, which was scheduled for the 18th-20th. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who had a luncheon with President Macron the next day, decided to self-isolate by the 24th, and is expected to undergo corona 19 testing in the future.

In addition, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Luxembourg Gzavier Betel, and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander Dirk, who attended the EU summit, all had been tested for Corona 19, and Prime Minister Merkel and Prime Minister Martin announced that they were negative. Politico quoted an EU official, saying, “During the summit, quarantine measures were taken, and none of the attendees informed of the positive test.”

French President Emmanuel Macron in self-isolation. /Reuters Yonhap News

The number of corona 19 confirmed cases in France per day continues to record more than 10,000 over the past three days. According to the French government announcement, as of the 17th (local time), the cumulative number of confirmed cases in France exceeded 24,27300 and the cumulative death toll exceeded 59,000. France has the fifth highest number of confirmed cases in the world after the United States, India, Brazil and Russia.

According to World Omometer, an international statistics site, the UK (194,8660), Italy (1.9,6377), and Spain (1.8,5633) with the highest number of confirmed cases after France as of the 17th (local time). In the order of Germany (143,8438), more than 480,000 people have died and 21.4 million have been confirmed so far.

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