- The parliamentarian Guy Teissier contracted the coronavirus in the middle of an electoral campaign for the municipal elections in Marseille, on behalf of the candidate LR Martine Vassal.
- Elected officials who rubbed shoulders with him shortly before his fever was not placed in quarantine, unlike Marine Le Pen, who was confined after being in contact with Christian Jacob.
The news came this Sunday, in the middle of election night. On his social networks, the deputy LR of Marseille and candidate in the 9th and 10th district Guy Teissier announced to be reached of the coronavirus. It is the first known case in Marseille of a politician affected by this epidemic. However, the parliamentarian presented a high fever, according to his statements, on the night of Thursday to Friday. The same Thursday, the one who is third on the list in the fifth sector on behalf of the candidate LR Martine Vassal campaigned and continued his elected life.
As his social networks show, in addition to visits to young footballers in Mazargues, Guy Teissier took part in an official ceremony alongside the regional prefect Pierre Dartout, the deputy and LREM candidate for municipal Saïd Ahamada and the deputy to Mayor Dominique Tian.
"The question was not asked at all"
While Marine Le Pen was placed in quarantine after having rubbed shoulders with several coronavirus patients, including Christian Jacob, one could suppose that the elected officials and even the prefect who recently met Guy Teissier suffered the same fate. Yet none of those we contacted indicated that they were confined as a precaution.
"The question was not asked at all," explains the prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône. The prefect had no special contact with Guy Teissier, and he is doing well. He has no symptoms and respects the instructions given by the state. "Said Ahamada has no symptoms, indicates his entourage somewhat surprised by our question. If he had, he would stay at home. He has already changed his daily life by stopping, for example, from shaking hands. We are in stage 3 of the epidemic, we must above all respect the barrier gestures. "
A list of contacts established by the ARS
How to explain this situation ? “Guy Teissier was contacted by the contacts unit of the Regional Health Agency (ARS), ensures the ARS. He provided a list of people he interacted with. Once this list is established, we identify these people to ask them questions and give them measures, depending on whether the risk is high or not. And all of these people have been contacted, although the list remains secret for reasons of confidentiality. "
However, Lionel Royer-Perreault, outgoing mayor of 9-10 who recently rubbed shoulders with his running mate Guy Teissier, campaign obliges, claims to have learned "through social networks" the illness of the parliamentarian. On this day after the first round, without any particular symptom, he preferred to spend this Monday at home in order to "prepare his profession of faith". All without worrying about his health. "If we had to place everyone in quarantine because he was around a case of coronavirus, we should confine everyone", we slip at the prefecture, well aware that this hypothesis could soon become reality ...
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