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Positive for Covid-19, Emmanuel Macron says he is “fine” despite “a little slower activity”
Emmanuel Macron, tested positive for Covid-19, announced in a video posted on social networks on Friday that he was “fine”. The French president assured that he continued “to manage the current affairs” of the country since his isolation in Versailles but with “a little slowed down activity”. “I’m fine.” French President Emmanuel Macron posted a video on Twitter on Friday, December 18, to reassure the French and ensure that he continued “to manage the current affairs” of the country, but with “a little slower activity”. The head of state had been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 the day before. In this three-minute video filmed with his smartphone, he declares, with his features a little drawn, to have the same symptoms as the day before: “fatigue, headaches head, dry cough “. The Head of State promises to “report every day on the evolution of the disease.” “For the rest, I obviously continue to manage day-to-day affairs in conjunction with the Prime Minister, the government and my teams. an activity which is also slowed down a little, because of the virus, but priority files, I continue to take care of them, whether it is about the epidemic and its management for our country, or for example the file Brexit. “> pic.twitter.com/MrfTQXpRBW>> – Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 18, 2020” Really continue to be careful “, asks the head of state, who left the Élysée on Thursday evening to the official residence of La Lanterne (Versailles) in order to “isolate oneself to continue working”. “I know that (these rules) weigh on you, sometimes seem harsh to you, but we have to hold on. […] No one is immune from this virus, no one, “added the Head of State.” I am very careful. I respect barrier gestures, distances, I put on the mask, I put on hydroalcoholic gel on a regular basis. And in spite of everything, I caught this virus, perhaps probably a moment of neglect, a moment of bad luck too, but it is so, “he admits, while a dinner on Wednesday with officials of the majority is controversial. More than 18,000 cases identified Thursday in France He also warns against the virus which “starts again stronger” and recalls that 18,000 new cases were identified Thursday. “Yesterday, I tested positive, which shows that the virus, really, can affect anyone: because I am very protected “.” There is normally no reason for this to go wrong, but I am under medical surveillance and I will report it to you in a completely transparent way “, he promises. He also explains that the Elysee called the day before” all the contact cases that we know “and that he had frequented during the previous 48 hours, which were put in solitary confinement or were tested. “I had seen a lot of politicians, members of the government, dir international leaders, also members of close security or relatives and members of my family “, he adds. Dinner with the majority, international meetings … During this particularly busy week in meetings, he held Wednesday, December 16 a dinner with a dozen figures of the majority, lunched Monday, December 14 with four European and OECD leaders, Tuesday with the presidents of the political groups and met on Monday more than 70 members of the Citizen’s Convention for the climate. , Monday, at the draw for the Rugby World Cup at the Palais Brongniart, in the company of many national and international officials of the sport.If these meetings were made each time at a good distance and hidden, sometimes moments release has taken place. Like this handshake to the Secretary General of the OECD, Angel Gurria on Monday. With AFP & Reuters >> To read also: Contact case of Emmanuel Macron, five European leaders forced into isolation
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