The Senate registers its first case of coronavirus. Senator de Lozère Guylène Pantel, 56, was diagnosed positive at Covid-19 on Friday, she said in a statement. "Her health is good and she has no particular symptoms," said the entourage of the senator on Saturday. "She was diagnosed because she felt a little fever, but this morning it disappeared," said the same source.
As recommended by health authorities, Guylène Pantel will remain confined to the home for the next 14 days, it said. Guylène Pantel is the first known positive case for Covid-19 in the Upper House. According to the latest report from the Occitanie Regional Health Agency, this is also the first case in Lozère.
Guylène Pantel has held the position of senator since the death on March 3 of Alain Bertrand. Also mayor of Ispagnac, she is seeking a new mandate from Sunday to direct this municipality of 890 inhabitants.
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