The announcement of a case of Covid-19 among the new municipal councilors had spread on Saturday, during the official election of the ecologist Grégory Doucet at the head of the town hall of Lyon. Several municipal councilors and new EELV assistants were missing on that day due to the "fortnight" imposed in the event of contact with a patient for having worked with Gauthier Chapuis. Elected in the 9th arrondissement, this new adviser delegated to local food and food security, tested positive for coronavirus last week.
Monday, after consulting the Regional Health Agency, the town hall decided to have a PCR test carried out on all municipal councilors, as well as members of the campaign team present during the election night for environmentalists on June 28 .
This Wednesday morning, "the results of the tests reveal that all the councilors and counselors, members of the campaign team of environmentalists, and the mayor of Lyon, are negative at Covid-19," said the municipality in a communicated.
“We would like to salute the overall respect of the health guidelines by all of the activists, the team and the candidates during the campaign and election night, the implementation of barrier gestures having enabled avoid transmission of the virus, ”adds the city.
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